Latvian Pepper Cookies Recipe - Very Easy! - Piparkukas Recepte
Every Christmas homes all around Latvia and indeed the Baltics and Scandinavia make pepper cookies ready for the festive season. They are so easy and fun to make, every one can join in around the table and make it a great family time together.
It's important to remember that pepper cookies are not gingerbread at all despite them often being translated this way. Many recipes like ours don't even include ginger!
Recipe:
330g Butter
100g Dark sugar
100g Dark honey
200g white sugar (or light brown sugar)
900g All purpose flour (adjust when kneeding to suit)
2 teaspoons of baking soda
Spice Mix:
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground cloves (leave out if you don't like)
2 tsp ground cardamons
2 tsp ground coriander
2 tsp ground black pepper
Optional extra spices:
Ground ginger
Ground allspice
Christmas in latvian is called Ziemassvētki and is also celebrated by people whose religious belief is not Christianity. Nowadays the customary Ziemassvētki traditions are decorating the Ziemassvētku egle (Christmas tree), Ziemassvētku vecītis (Santa Claus, lit. Old Christmas Man), baking piparkūkas and mandarin scent.
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How to make Gingerbread Cookies| Swedish Inspired Recipe
Cooking food at home doesn't always have to be expensive and time consuming. I share delicious homemade dishes to inspire you to want to spend more time in the kitchen ( but not to long :) ).
In this video I will show you how to make Gingerbread Cookies recipe. You make the dough a day before. These cookies takes a little time to make but oh so delicious. My son that don't like any sweets at all likes these cookies. Hope you will enjoy.
Ingredients
350 g ( 12 oz ) unsalted butter, room temperature
500 g ( 17.6 oz ) granulated suger
2,5 dl ( 1 cup ) light sirap
1 dl ( 1/4 cup ) water
1,5 dl ( 0.6 cup )whipped cream
1,5 msk ( 1.5 tbsp ) cinnamon
0.6 msk ( 0.6 tbsp ) ground cloves
0.5 msk ( 0.5 tbsp ) ground ginger
0.7 msk ( 0.7 tbsp ) ground cardamom
3 msk lemon juice
1.5 msk ( 3 tbsp ) baking soda
14 dl ( 6 cup ) all purpose flour
How to make:
1. Wipe butter, sugar and sirap until fluffy.
2. Sift the flour and baking soda and put to the side.
3. In a pan on low heat boil water, cream and all the spices.
4. Add the liquid to the butter mixture while the mixer is on.
5. Add the flour little at the time until combined.
6. Divide tough in 3 sections. Wrap in plastic and put in fridge for 24 hours.
7. Put your oven on for 395 F. Take out one of the dough wrap and let sit a little.
8. Flatten the dough between parchment paper.
9. Carve out the shape you want and remove excess dough.
10. Glide the parchment paper with the cookies on a baking sheet. Bake for 4-6 min.
11. Let cool on counter a little before moving to cooling rack. They are to soft right after the oven.
12. Eeeenjoyyyyy!
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Ginger snaps (pepparkakor)
I think Ginger Snaps (or GingerBread Biscuits as many call them) are popular around the world during christmas.
Usually, I buy the dough in the store and then bake the cookies, but I couldn't buy the dough this year, so I made my own! The dough and the cookies turned out delicious!
=o)
I ate my first serve of ginger snaps, with a glass of cold Spicy Wine, which we call Glogg in Swedish.
Here's the recipe for the Ginger Snaps:
150 g butter
250 ml sugar
50 ml syrup
100 ml water
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cardemom
1 tsp baking soda
750 ml plain flour
-Combine butter, sugar and syrup.
-Combine flour, baking soda, and the spices
-Combine the flour mix with the butter mix. Leave a little bit of the flour mix.
-Add the water and then the rest of the flour mix.
-When you have a nice, smooth dough, put it in the fridge to rest over night.
-Knead the dough, add a little more flour if needed.
-Put flour on the baking table and roll out the dough til it is very thin. (More flour on the baking table makes it much easier to get the cookies off the table later!)
-Make shapes in the dough. There are special shape cutter for ginger snaps in most stores.
-Put the shapes on a baking tin.
-Bake the snaps in the oven for around 5 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
This is how I make my Glogg (Spicy Wine):
(This makes 1 litre)
500 ml water
2 pieces of dried Ginger (or 1.5 tsp ground ginger)
2 pieces of whole cinnamon
15-20 whole cloves
2 cardemom seeds (or 1.5 tsp ground cardemom)
750 cl red wine
100 ml sugar
-Put all the spices in the water and let it boil slowly for 30 min.
-Add the wine and the sugar. Let it heat up, but not boil.
Either drink the Glogg hot with some almonds and raisin, or cool it down in the fridge, then pour it in some glasses, add ice and drink it as an ice glogg. Very nice, icy christmas drink if you live in warmer parts of the world. =o)
Enjoy!
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Swedish Snappy Gingerbread Cookies: Thin, Holiday Spiced, Easy Decor, Cookie Platter & Gift Ready!
Swedish pepparkakor gingerbread cookies are commonly eaten during the fall and winter holiday season. They are flavorful spiced gingerbread crispy cookies often used as the cookie base for gingerbread houses due to their sturdiness and crispiness. I went all out on spice in my version of this recipe. The spices aren’t many, but they are pretty heavy. If you like spices, particularly cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, and of course black pepper, you should enjoy this variation.
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00:00 Summary & description of this recipe with pics!
00:56 Visual of ingredients & make & store the cookie dough at least 1 day in advance
03:38 Baking day: preheat oven, prepare pans, roll out cookie dough
05:12 Cut out cookies using seasonal cookie cutters & fill pan
06:13 Bake cookies, cool, transfer to cooling rack, & dust on powdered sugar OR spread on (pipe on) icing
07:46 Close up of cookies & taste test
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Cutest Swedish Gingerbread Cookies / Pepparkakor / 귀엽고 멋진 북유럽 크리스마스 쿠키 / 스웨덴 진저브레드 쿠키
These Swedish gingerbread cookies recipe (Pepparkakor) are so cute and bring Scandinavian nostalgia to your Christmas celebration. A hint of orange and the combination of spices make these cookies extra ordinary delicious.
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00:00 - Intro (소개)
00:31 - Add spices (향신료 넣기)
01:28 - Add molasses (당밀 넣기)
02:59 - Chill cookie dough (반죽 숙성하기)
03:45 - Roll cookie dough (반죽 밀기)
04:12 - Cut out with cookie cutter (쿠키커터로 자르기)
05:43 - Decorate with simple icing (아이싱으로 장식하기)
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▶︎INGREDIENTS / 재료
4 cups all-purpose flour / 중력분 4 컵 (480g)
1-1/2 tsp baking soda / 베이킹소다 1.5 작은술
a pinch salt / 소금 한꼬집
1 tsp ginger powder / 생강가루 1 작은술
2 tsp cinnamon / 계피가루 2 작은술
1 tsp cloves / 클로브 (정향가루) 1 작은술
1 tsp cardamom / 카다맘 1 작은술
a pinch allspice / 올스파이스 한꼬집
6 tbsp softened butter / 실온버터 6 큰술 (140g)
1/2 cup sugar / 설탕 100g
1/2 cup dark brown sugar / 흑설탕 106g
10 tbsp molasses / 몰라세스 (당밀) 10 큰술
1/2 cup whipping cream / 휘핑크림 120 ml
1-1/2 tbsp orange zest / 오렌지제스트 1.5 큰술
ICING / 아이싱
2 cups powdered sugar / 파우더슈가 220g
1 tbsp corn syrup / 콘시럽 또는 물엿 1 큰술
2-3 tbsp milk / 우유 3-4 큰술
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