Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Norwegian Lace Cookies

These pretty cookies are super easy to make and go well dipped in vanilla ice cream or served with tea. They have a delicious chewy caramel crunch and they come out as see-through cookies with a delicate lacy look (thus, the name).

Ingredients:

1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
6 T. unsalted butter
3 T. honey
1 T. heavy cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup regular rolled oats

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line baking sheets with aluminum foil and grease. In a saucepan, combine sugar, butter, honey, cream, salt, cloves, and ginger. Heat over medium heat until bubbly. Remove from heat and stir in flour and oats. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls about 4 inches apart on baking sheets. Bake one sheet at a time for about 6 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks to cook for 1 minute. The slip foil, along with cookies, onto a counter to cool completely. Peel cookies from foil.

Makes about 4 dozen.

Source: The Christmas Cookie Deck (Chronicle Books)

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