Norwegian Wishing Cookie
Tricia’s makes these cookies these cookies every year for her cookie party — but we always lose the recipe and end up calling her mom at the last second. Hopefully by posting it here will it’ll be easy to find next year!
- 3 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 1 tablespoon water
- ½ teaspoon grated orange or lemon peel
- Lace icing
Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. In a large mixer bowl beat butter till softened.
Add sugar and beat till fluffy add egg and molasses and water and orange peel and beat well.
Gradually add flour mixture, beating till well mixed.
Cover and chill about 2 hours or till easy to handle.
Roll dough 1/8 inch thick, cut with cookie cutter.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 375 for 8 minutes or till done. Remove and cool.
Using a decorating bag and writing tip. Pipe on a design with the lace icing. Makes about 100 cookies.
Lace Icing
Stir together 2 cups of sifted powdered sugar.½ teaspoon vanilla and enough light cream or milk. To make icing of piping consistency. If desired tint with a few drops of food coloring.
Making a Wish.
Place a cookie in the palm of your hand. Press in the center with one finger of your other hand. If the cookie breaks into three pieces and you can eat all three without saying a word. You get to make a wish. (Keeping Quiet is the hard part.)
