Cookies

Ginger cookies

From
Nonni, uncle, a baker
Oven
200 °C200 °C (400 °F)

Ingredients

  • 250 g plain flour9 oz plain flour
  • 250 g light brown sugar9 oz light brown sugar
  • 125 g butter4½ oz butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1½ tsp ground ginger
  • ¾ tsp ground cloves

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C and line baking sheets with baking paper.Heat the oven to 400 °F and line baking sheets with baking paper.
  2. Knead everything together into a dough.
  3. Roll into small balls and press each one down slightly.
  4. Place about 56 on each baking sheet, in 7 rows of 8.
  5. Bake at 200°C for about 12–13 minutes on the second shelf from the bottom.Bake at 400 °F for about 12–13 minutes on the second shelf from the bottom.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Engiferkökur
(Nonni)
250gr. hveiti - 250gr. púðursyk. 125gr. smjör - 1 egg - 1 tsk. kanill 1/2 tsk. lyftid. - 1/2 tsk. natron 1 1/2 tsk. engifer - 3/4 tsk. negull
Hnoðað, búnar til litlar kúlur, þrýst aðeins ofan á 200°c í ca. 12-13 min. Næst neðst ca. 56 á plötu, 7x8