icelandic pepper cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 1/4 cups butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup light corn syrup
• 2 small eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Recipe

• in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. stir in corn syrup and eggs; cream well. sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and pepper. add dry ingredients to the butter mixture, and mix until smooth. refrigerate dough over night.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness. cut out cookies with a 2 inch round cookie cutter. place at least 1 inch apart on cookie sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven.