Piparkakut - Traditional Finnish Gingerbread Biscuits

• 3/4 cup golden syrup
• 7 ounces caster sugar
• 9 ounces butter
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 tablespoon mixed citrus peel
• 2 eggs
• 17.5 ounces plain flour
• 3 teaspoons bicarb soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

1. Place golden syrup, sugar, butter, spices and citrus peel into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Allow to cool slightly, then beat with electric beater until light and slightly fluffy. Beat in eggs one at the time.
2. Sift flour, bicarb soda and salt together, add to the mixture to form a dough.
3. Wrap dough with clingwrap and place into refrigerator overnight.
4. Next day: Preheat oven to 200C. Roll out dough as thin as possible. Cut desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place biscuits onto oven trays, brush with iced water and bake in oven for 6-8 minutes until brown and slightly puffy.

golden syrup, sugar, butter, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, mixed citrus, eggs, flour, bicarb soda, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/25536-piparkakut-traditional-finnish-gingerbread-biscuits (may not work)