Recipe - 1986 Winner Sirups Kager (Danish Brown Spice Cookies)

1 cup Butter or margarine
(softened)
1 cup Sugar
1 cup Dark corn syrup
2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground cloves
One half teaspoon Baking soda mixed with
1 teaspoon water
Flour (3 Three fourths to 4 cups)

Preparation time: 45 minutes Chilling time: One hour Baking time: 8 to 10
minutes

1. Cream butter or margarine with sugar and corn syrup. Stir in cinnamon,
cloves and baking soda mixture. Add flour a little at a time, mixing well
after each addition until stiff dough forms. Cover dough and refrigerate
until firm.

2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough to 1/8inch thickness on floured
surface. Cut with cookie cutters into reindeer or desired shapes. Or roll
dough into logs about 1inch in diameter and slice crosswise into
1inchthick rounds.

3. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets until lightly browned, about 8 to 10
minutes.

Sirups kager, a Danish spice cookie "as brown as a reindeer," was a
humble but coveted Christmas prize enjoyed by her grandfather in Denmark,
writes our contest winner, Julie K. Cook, of Chicago. from the Chicago
Tribune annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 4, 1986
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #340

From: Linda Place placel@worldnet.att.net

Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:32:57 +0000