Spicy Christmas Cookies from Sweden, "pepparkakor"
Eating "pepparkakor" is said to make You kinder.

I´ve made theese cookies every Christmas for 36 years now. They´re crisp and spicy)

175 gr of margarine
1,5 dl of molasses (In Sweden molasses come in three different colours: for "pepparkakor" we use the middle brown)

1 table spoon of cinnamon
1 table spoon of ginger
1 table spoon of clove
1 table spoon of cardamum (preferably fresh ground)

0,2 kilo of sugar
0,15 litre of cream

0,5 tea spoon of bicarbonate of soda
0,5 kilo of wheat flour

Stir margarine and molasses. Mix spices and sugar into it.
Whip the cream and turn it down with an easy hand.
Mix flour and bicarbonate and add. (save some flour for baking)

STORE IN A COOL PLACE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY! Roll it out thinly (1-2 mm). This dough is pretty difficult
to handle - take a small amount of it at a time (leaving the rest in the cold). Best is to roll it on a piece of cloth
covered with flour. We make cookies in a lot of shapes: round (can be made with a glass) stars,
hearts, leaves, pigs, man, woman, christmas tree....

Bake in 225-250 centigrades for a short time (Ask somebody to watch!)