Swedish ginger cookies

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Pepparkakor: the irresistible Swedish ginger snaps If you've ever stepped into a supermarket in Sweden

Pepparkakor is a Swedish ginger cookie often made for Christmas cookies. This cookie is featured in the book, Pippi Longstocking. You can also skip the recipe and buy a store-bought batch at Ikea!

I sometimes find myself sucked into the online abyss of food pictures and recipes. There are so many gifted cooks out there! They can pair ingredients like nobody’s business and they always seem have some sort of fresh herb on hand for garnish. Garnishes don’t happen here. 4 and 7-year-olds simply do not appreciate them. Kids these days! Often this online recipe hunt is a half-hearted attempt to get out of a dinner rut. I’m not really sure what’s wrong with having tacos 5 nights a week, but…

These pepparkakor are 100% whole wheat, dairy-free and just as delicious as the more traditional kind!

These mouth-watering Swedish Pepparkaka or Pepparkakor ginger cookies with soft centers are great for dipping and a family Christmas cookie tradition.

Pepparkakor are Swedish ginger cookies traditionally served at Christmas time. They are less sweet and have a slightly more complex flavor.

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Making Swedish 'pepparkakor' — or gingerbread cookies — is a tradition many Swedish families will do every Christmas. These spiced cookies are an integral part of Swedish Christmas celebrations like advent and Lucia. Bake your own gingerbread cookies with this easy gingerbread recipe. 📷 Image rights: Magnus Carlsson/imagebank.sweden.se This image may not be downloaded or used for any other purpose.​

There is little good in any Christmas cookie except the thought behind it. This may be doubly true for Swedish ginger cookies, a recipe that I have cherished for years, but I often feel it should come with a special warning. The principal ingredient in a batch of Swedish ginger cookies — the one that really does the trick — is 3/4 of a cup of bacon fat. You can never be too certain these days about what people will allow themselves to enjoy. Their ideas about what is good for them may be…