Fighting Tiger

Piparkakut by Fighting Tiger.

Recipe Ingredients

200ml golden syrup (or molasses)
200 gr sugar
200 gr butter
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground clove
1 tbs dried ground orange peel (i dried some orange peel in a low oven and then mortar and pestled it for a while - it really makes everything taste and smell amazing)
2 eggs
3 tsp baking soda
approx. 500 gr flour

Place syrup, sugar, butter and spices in a saucepan and bring to boil. Set aside to cool.

Once the mixture has cooled (over an hour) add the eggs, one at a time.

Mix baking soda with flour and add to the mixture. Make sure the mixture is a firm dough - you may need to add more flour than listed in the ingredients. Wrap dough in cling film and store in the refrigerator overnight.

Roll out the dough on a well-floured surface, until as thin as possible (approximately 3mm thick). Cut the dough into the desired shapes by using special gingerbread biscuit cutters. Remove excess dough and roll it out again for the next batch of biscuits.

Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 5 – 8 minutes, until the biscuits begin to brown slightly around the edges. (Leave small spaces between the biscuits, as the dough will spread a bit in the oven).

Note: Watch the biscuits while baking, as they burn very quickly!