Why must the dough stand overnight?

The dough should rest cold overnight so the spices and baking soda can act and the dough becomes firmer and easier to roll out thin. That is why the total time is about 14 hours, while the actual work is short.

Which spices are used in this gingerbread recipe?

Ginger, grated bitter orange peel, cinnamon, cloves, and pepper – one teaspoon of each. In addition there is a tablespoon of cognac, in which the baking soda is dissolved.

How are the cookies formed and baked?

The dough is rolled out thin, the cookies are cut out with a round cutter or a glass, placed on a greased sheet, and baked in a hot oven. They cool on the sheet.

What is meant by "washed butter"?

The butter has been washed in cold water to remove salt and buttermilk residue. The hot sugar, syrup, and water mixture is poured over the butter, and everything is stirred until cold and smooth before the flour is mixed in.

Gingerbread I

Name: Gingerbread I
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 13 h 15 min
Total time: 14 h
Yield: 60 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 400 g sugar; 0.75 dl syrup; 1.5 dl water; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp grated bitter orange peel (can be replaced with orange peel); 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground cloves; 1 tsp ground pepper; 50 g unsalted butter (original: washed butter); 1 tbsp cognac; 1,000 g all-purpose flour; 10 g baking soda

Gingerbread I (pepperkaker) from Erken 1914: cooked syrup dough with sugar, water, spices (ginger, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, bitter orange peel), baking soda dissolved in cognac, butter, and 1 kg flour; the dough rests overnight, is rolled thin, cut out, and baked in a hot oven.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 566 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Classic gingerbread from the baking chapter of Stor kokebok (1914). The dough is boiled up with syrup and sugar and should rest overnight before rolling out – a method that gives thin, crisp cookies.

How to make it

1
Bring to a boil
Bring the sugar, syrup, and water to a boil.
2
Add spices and baking soda
Stir in the spices and the baking soda that has been dissolved in the cognac.
3
Stir over the butter
Pour it all over the butter and stir until the mixture is cold and smooth.
4
Knead in the flour
Work in the flour to a smooth dough and let it stand cold overnight.
5
Roll and cut out
Roll the dough out thin and cut out round cookies with a cutter or a glass.
6
Bake
Place the cookies on a greased sheet and bake them in a hot oven, about 200 °C (390 °F) for 5–8 minutes. Let them cool on the sheet.

Changes from the original

"del." is interpreted as deciliters, bitter orange peel is explained as peel of bitter orange/orange, "washed butter" has been modernized to unsalted butter, and an oven temperature (about 200 °C (390 °F)) has been added. The butter amount has been read as 50 g in the two-column ingredient list.

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Fra1914 1949 Modernisert

Til1914 1949 Modernisert

1914 (korrekturlest, s. 566) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 659)~38% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til

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Frequently asked questions

Why must the dough stand overnight?: The dough should rest cold overnight so the spices and baking soda can act and the dough becomes firmer and easier to roll out thin. That is why the total time is about 14 hours, while the actual work is short.
Which spices are used in this gingerbread recipe?: Ginger, grated bitter orange peel, cinnamon, cloves, and pepper – one teaspoon of each. In addition there is a tablespoon of cognac, in which the baking soda is dissolved.
How are the cookies formed and baked?: The dough is rolled out thin, the cookies are cut out with a round cutter or a glass, placed on a greased sheet, and baked in a hot oven. They cool on the sheet.
What is meant by "washed butter"?: The butter has been washed in cold water to remove salt and buttermilk residue. The hot sugar, syrup, and water mixture is poured over the butter, and everything is stirred until cold and smooth before the flour is mixed in.

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