Gingerbread Christmas Cookies or Swedish Pepparkakor.
Recipe by hand and also with the Bimby.
These are typical Swedish almond-spiced cookies, with the scent of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, creating a fantastic aroma that brings you into the magical holiday atmosphere.
A friend of mine from Warsaw introduced them to me after her trip to Sweden.
They are thin cookies that can be made in various shapes, but since they are a typical holiday product, here are stars, but you can also make them in other shapes.
They are an excellent accompaniment to the famous 5 o’clock tea.
In Northern Italy, however, they are served with long coffee.
Gingerbread Christmas Cookies or Swedish Pepparkakor also make a delightful and delicious gift to give and receive for the holidays.
They are gluten-free, lactose-free, and egg-free, making them a delightful and delicious gift to give and receive for the holidays.
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- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 40
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Swedish
- Seasonality: New Year's, Christmas
- Energy 75.48 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 3.23 (g) of which sugars 1.40 (g)
- Proteins 1.99 (g)
- Fat 6.49 (g) of which saturated 0.26 (g)of which unsaturated 2.72 (g)
- Fibers 1.40 (g)
- Sodium 11.80 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 12 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 8.82 oz almond flour
- 1.06 oz erythritol
- 2 tbsp honey (or sugar-free orange marmalade)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 pods cardamom
- Half tsp ground ginger
- Half tsp nutmeg (ground)
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- 1 pinch salt
- 2.12 tbsp sunflower oil (or coconut oil)
- 2 tbsp water (iced)
- 7.05 oz almonds (peeled and whole)
Gingerbread Christmas Cookies
Tools
What we need to prepare
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Kneading board
- 1 Parchment paper
- 1 Cookie cutter for Christmas cookies
- 1 Rolling pin
Steps
Let’s get into the kitchen
In a bowl, mix the almond flour with all the spices, the inside of the cardamom pods, coconut sugar, salt, and baking soda, add the honey or marmalade diluted in cold water, and the seed oil, combine
until you get a soft and malleable dough.
1. Form a ball, place it in a container covered with plastic wrap, and let it rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
1. After the time has passed, remove the dough from the refrigerator and place it between two sheets of parchment paper, and roll it out to a thickness of about 1/8-1/6 inch.
Now comes the fun part:
using cookie cutters, shape the cookies with Christmas-themed shapes like stars, trees, hearts, or any shape you like.
Press lightly to add an almond to each cookie.
Gently place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake in a preheated static oven at 338°F for 15 minutes, adjusting to your oven.
Take the scraps and knead them again, and if they are soft, let them rest a bit in the fridge, always wrapped in plastic wrap.
And start forming more cookies for a second batch
Now that the cookies are baked
remove them from the oven and let them cool completely before serving.
It is important not to remove the cookies from the parchment paper until they are completely cooled Put all the ingredients in the Thermomix and knead in spike mode for 4 minutes
You will get a crumbly mixture that you will later need to compact with your hands.
Form a ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes, then you can proceed with the recipe as described above.
Gingerbread Christmas Cookies can be stored for 10 days in a container with an airtight lid.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Gingerbread Christmas Cookies
Can they be a good gift idea?
For a sweet gift idea, you can package the cookies in glass jars, or in cardboard boxes, or transparent paper bags tied with a colorful ribbon.
