News — Pipparkoogid

One of my favourite traditions growing up was baking pipparkoogid, Estonian gingersnaps. These traditional Scandinavian treats are less sweet and have a slightly more complex flavor than North American gingerbread cookies. In other Northern European countries they're called pepparkakor in Swedish and Icelandic, piparkakut in Finnish, piparkūkas in Latvian, and pepperkaker in Norwegian.********** This is my gingersnap recipe, which is my adaptation of my Ema's (my mom's) recipe. Enjoy!   Ingredients 1 cup (227g) butter 1 cup (200g) brown sugar 1 cup (200g) white sugar ¼ cup (100g) molasses ¼ cup (100g) corn syrup ½ tsp orange extract 1 tsp (g) salt 2...