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RYE GINGER COOKIES, RUISPIPARIT IN FINNISH

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Serves: 12

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Ginger cookies baked with rye flour instead of wheat. For those who want "healthy" cookies. Taste lovely and are fab to serve along with cheese as well as coffee or tea. I made these for Christmas last year instead of the traditional ones.

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Ingredients

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  • 150 grams butter
  • 150 ml sugar
  • 100 ml golden syrup (or molasses syrup)
  • 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 eggs
  • 550 ml rye flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

Method

  1. Heat the butter, sugar and syrup in a saucepan, add the spices. Let cool, and then stir in the eggs and the flour (with bicarbonate mixed in). Cover with clingfilm and let rest in fridge overnight.
  2. When ready to bake, roll out thinly on well floured surface with a rolling pin and use cookie cutters to cut out desired shapes.
  3. Bake in 175 degrees centigrade for about 10 minutes.

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