Homemade Crisp Gingersnaps – Christmas Pepparkakor
Homemade Gingersnaps – Christmas Pepparkakors – is quick and easy to make. The crispy triangles are like the shape of Christmas trees.
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Hungarian, Swedish
Keyword: christmas, cinnamon, cookies, feast, ginger
Servings: 8 people
Author: Myreille
- 100 grams butter (softened)
- 100 grams sugar
- 50 grams honey
- 200 grams plain flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
Preheat oven to 180 ℃.
In large bowl mix butter, sugar, honey, vanilla extrac, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, cocoa powder and zest from an orange.
Add the flour and baking powder. Mix it well then knead the dough quickly. (If the dough is dry, add 1-2 tablespoons of water.)
The dough is stretched to about 1 mm thin on baking paper.
Cut the thin dough first into strips, then into squares, then into triangles.
Pull the baking paper with the cuted dough on the baking tray.
Bake 15-17 minutes. Let cool them on the baking paper.
After baking the cookies are soft, but after cooling they will be crispy.