Norway's Best Pepper Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 1/8 cups butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon baking powder

Recipe

• cream together the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy. stir in the cream. add the baking soda and little water (no more than 2 tablespoons) to the butter mixture.
• sift the spices, baking powder and flour into the butter mixture. blend until a nice dough is formed. roll dough into sausages about 2-1/2 inches in diameter wrap tightly and let dough chill thoroughly.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). remove chilled dough and cut into thin slices. bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet for 6 to 8 minutes. let cookies cool on wire rack.