Baltic Gingerbread and White Chocolate Cookies

Name: Baltic Gingerbread and White Chocolate Cookies
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup golden (light corn) syrup; 185 g/6½ oz/scant 1 cup caster (superfine) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cinnamon; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground cloves; 5 ml/1 tsp ground cardamom; 5 ml/1 tsp ground ginger; 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground allspice; 225 g/8 oz/1 cup butter, melted; 2 eggs, beaten; about 500 g/1¼ lb/5 cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 10 ml/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 10 ml/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 200 g/7 oz white chocolate, finely grated

Preparation info

Makes
45-50

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

By Silvena Johan Lauta

Published 2009

About

Chocolate and ginger are a traditional festive combination and these cookies are favourites in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, especially at Christmas time. You can make the dough in advance and freeze it, if you like, so it is stored ready to make quick seasonal cookies when you need them.

Ingredients

200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup golden (light corn) syrup

Method

Heat the golden syrup and sugar in a pan over a medium heat, and stir constantly until the sugar has dissolved. Add the cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, ginger and allspice.
Add the melted butter and stir to combine. Leave to cool completely.
Transfer into a large bowl and add the eggs, stirring well to mix thoroughly. Gradually stir in the flour and bicar

Per portion Energy 119kcal/501kJ; Protein 1.6g; Carbohydrate 17.3g, of which sugars 9.5g; Fat 5.33g, of which saturates 3.25g; Cholesterol 18mg; Calcium 30.52mg; Fibre 0.31g; Sodium 52mg.