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Delicious gingerbread cookies combining traditional spices and the unique flavor of spruce shoots. These cookies are a perfect addition to your holiday treats!
Preparation Time: 1 hour + resting (overnight)
Serving Size: About 50 cookies

Ingredients:

- 200 g butter
- 2 dl brown sugar
- 1 dl spruce shoot syrup
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- ½ tbsp ginger
- ½ tbsp orange zest
- ½ tbsp cardamom
- ½ tsp cloves
- 2 tbsp coriander seeds
- (3 dried red chilies)
- 1 tsp smoked salt
- 3-4 dl fine whole wheat flour
- 2 dl fine whole rye flour
- 1½ tsp baking soda
For finishing:
- Blanched almonds

Instructions:

1. Blanch the almonds as per instructions and let them dry.
2. Grind all whole spices into a fine powder using a mortar.
3. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat.
4. Set aside one deciliter of flour for dusting and add the remaining flour to a mixing bowl. Add salt and almond slices, and mix well.
5. In the melted butter, add sugar, syrup, and ground spices. Mix until the sugar and syrup are dissolved.
6. Pour the warm spice mixture over the flour in the mixing bowl and stir until the dough comes together.
7. Allow the dough to cool and rise at room temperature. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
8. Take the dough out of the refrigerator about an hour before baking to bring it to room temperature.
9. Roll out the dough to about 2-3 mm thick on a floured surface. Cut out gingerbread shapes and arrange them on a baking sheet.
10. Halve the blanched almonds and press one almond into the center of each cookie.
11. Bake the cookies at 200°C for about 6-8 minutes.
12. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet before transferring them to a wire rack.
Serve the spruce shoot gingerbread cookies with traditional mulled wine and store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Nutritional Information (per cookie, estimate):

- Energy: 90 kcal
- Protein: 1 g
- Fat: 4 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Sugars: 5 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g

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