Swedish Spice Cookies is one of the Seven Kind of Cookies "Sju sorters kakor" for your cookie tray. The flavor is similar to a ginger snap cookie. Each cookie has both a light crisp exterior and a soft chewy center.
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup of flour
- 2 teaspoons of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon of ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 3/4 cup of softened butter
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup of molasses
- 1/2 a cup of sugar in the bowl
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In a bowl add 2 1/4 cup of flour, 2 teaspoons of baking soda, 1 teaspoon of ground ginger, 1 teaspoon of ground cloves, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of salt. Mix together in a bowl.
- In another bowl beat 1 cup of sugar and 3/4 cup of softened butter.
- Then add 1 egg and 1/4 cup of molasses into the butter sugar mixture. The molasses gives the batter a rich fall beautiful color.
- Grab the bowl with flour mixture and pour it into the butter mixture.
- Next roll in your hands 1 1/2 teaspoon of dough mixture into a ball.
- Then, roll the ball into a bowl of sugar until fully coated. You just need a 1/2 a cup of sugar in the bowl.
- Place the sugar coated balls onto a nonstick butter pan. You should not need to grease the baking sheet. Arrange cookies 2 inches apart.
- Bake until set, 9-10 minutes.
- Place cookies on a wire rack to cool.