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NORDIC AND LOW COUNTRIES

SWEDISH GINGERBREAD SPICE COOKIES

Making these cookies is a holiday tradition in Sweden. They belong to the large family GINGERBREAD SPICE MIX

of Northern European ginger and spice breads that date back to medieval times, when spices were so rare and expensive that they could only be used for the most important Ginger is the dominant flavor in this sweet-hot aromatic spice mix and acts as a celebrations. Crushed-up cookies make a wonderful crumb crust for cheesecake or pumpkin preservative to all manner of spiced gingerbreads. Whether soft and chewy, crisp or sweet potato pie. Use the crumbs to thicken the gravy for Beef Sauerbraten (page 91).

and flat, or thick and breadlike, gingerbread has been baked in Europe, especially Germany, since the eleventh century. It was usually cut into shapes like men, women, 11/4 pounds (about 5 cups, or 568 g)

2 large eggs

children, animals, or stars or pressed into decorative molds before baking. The dough unbleached all-purpose flour

1 egg yolk

might be formed into the shape of a loved one, a heart shape decorated with white 1 tablespoon (14 g) baking soda

1/4 cup (80 g) honey

icing and colored ribbons, or used to construct elaborate iced and candy-laden 3 tablespoons (18 g) Gingerbread

1/4 cup (60 ml) heavy cream

gingerbread houses. Because of the costliness of the spices that arrived from far-off Spice Mix (page 88)

1 lemon, zested

lands, gingerbread was reserved for Christmas and festivals. In England, gingerbread 1 teaspoon fine sea salt

4 ounces (112 g) candied ginger,

was a fairground treat with button and flower shapes found at Easter and animals 1/2 pound (2 sticks, or 227 g)

finely diced

and birds in autumn. Gingerbread was made with treacle syrup in England, while unsalted butter, softened

1 egg white, lightly beaten with

maple syrup was substituted in New England, and sorghum molasses provided the 3/4 cup (150 g) granulated sugar

1 tablespoon (15 ml) water,

sweetening in the American South.

3/4 cup (170 g) packed dark

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