Finnish Gingerbread Butter Biscuits

Number of portions40 Units

Preparation time

20 min (of which 40 min active)

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Wilhelmiina biscuits are flavoured like gingerbread with warm Christmas spices. The tender, crisp Wilhelmiina biscuits are decorated with white chocolate stripes.

Decoration
200 g	butter (at room temperature)
2 dl	sugar
2 tbsp	dark syrup
1 pcs	egg (yolk)
5 dl	wheat flour
2 tsp	baking soda
2 tsp	cinnamon
1 tsp	cardamom
1 tsp	ginger
1/2 tsp	cloves
100 g	white chocolate
	piping bag

1.
Heat the oven to 175°C. Beat the room-temperature butter, sugar and syrup until fluffy. Separate the egg yolk from the egg. Combine the dry ingredients. Stir the egg yolk and flour mixture into the butter mixture.
2.
Divide the dough into 4 pieces and roll them into logs about 40 cm long. Place the logs on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. Leave plenty of space between the logs, as they will spread during baking.
3.
Bake one tray at a time in the oven for about 15 minutes until nicely browned (or at 150°C with the fan oven setting, two trays at a time). As soon as you take the bars out of the oven, cut them into diamond shapes about 3 cm wide. Leave the biscuits to cool on the tray.
4.
Melt the chocolate carefully in the microwave or in a bain-marie. Spoon the chocolate into a piping bag. Pipe lines of chocolate over the biscuits. Leave the chocolate to set.

Gingerbread-flavoured Wilhelmiina biscuits

Recipes|Sweet baked goods

Finnish Gingerbread Butter Biscuits

Name: Finnish Gingerbread Butter Biscuits
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 40 unit
Ingredients: 200 g butter (at room temperature); 2 dl sugar; 2 tbsp dark syrup; 1 pcs egg (yolk); 5 dl wheat flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp cardamom; 1 tsp ginger; 1/2 tsp cloves; 100 g white chocolate; piping bag

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Number of portions40 Units

Preparation time

20 min (of which 40 min active)

Wilhelmiina biscuits are flavoured like gingerbread with warm Christmas spices. The tender, crisp Wilhelmiina biscuits are decorated with white chocolate stripes.

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Ingredients

Quantity	Ingredient
200 g	butter (at room temperature)
2 dl	sugar
2 tbsp	dark syrup
1 pcs	egg (yolk)
5 dl	wheat flour
2 tsp	baking soda
2 tsp	cinnamon
1 tsp	cardamom
1 tsp	ginger
1/2 tsp	cloves
Decoration
100 g	white chocolate
	piping bag

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Preparation (Oven 175°C)

1
Heat the oven to 175°C. Beat the room-temperature butter, sugar and syrup until fluffy. Separate the egg yolk from the egg. Combine the dry ingredients. Stir the egg yolk and flour mixture into the butter mixture.
Quantity Ingredient
200 g butter (at room temperature)
2 dl sugar
2 tbsp dark syrup
1 pcs egg (yolk)
5 dl wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cloves
2
Divide the dough into 4 pieces and roll them into logs about 40 cm long. Place the logs on 2 baking trays lined with baking paper. Leave plenty of space between the logs, as they will spread during baking.
3
Bake one tray at a time in the oven for about 15 minutes until nicely browned (or at 150°C with the fan oven setting, two trays at a time). As soon as you take the bars out of the oven, cut them into diamond shapes about 3 cm wide. Leave the biscuits to cool on the tray.
4
Melt the chocolate carefully in the microwave or in a bain-marie. Spoon the chocolate into a piping bag. Pipe lines of chocolate over the biscuits. Leave the chocolate to set.
Quantity Ingredient
100 g white chocolate

Tip: You can replace the spices in the recipe with 1 tablespoon of ready-made gingerbread spice mix.

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Nutritional content

This recipe, too, has been designed with your wellbeing in mind.

Nutritional information is provided for guidance only. When preparing food or baking for someone on a special diet, check the packaging labels to ensure the products are suitable.

Not calculated into nutrition table: pursotinpussi.

Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Fineli