Title: 1986 winner sirups kager (danish brown spice cookies)
 Categories: Cookies, Holiday
      Yield: 60 Servings
 
      1 c  Butter or margarine
           -(softened)
      1 c  Sugar
      1 c  Dark corn syrup
      2 ts Cinnamon
      1 ts Ground cloves
    1/2 ts Baking soda mixed with
           1 ts water
           Flour (3 3/4 to 4 cups)
 
  Preparation time: 45 minutes Chilling time: One hour Baking time: 8
  to 10 minutes
  
    1. Cream butter or margarine with sugar and corn syrup. Stir in
  cinnamon, cloves and baking soda mixture. Add flour a little at a
  time, mixing well after each addition until stiff dough forms. Cover
  dough and refrigerate until firm.
  
    2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll dough to  1/8-inch thickness on
  floured surface. Cut with cookie cutters into reindeer or desired
  shapes. Or roll dough into logs about 1-inch in diameter and slice
  crosswise into 1-inch-thick rounds.
  
    3. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets until lightly browned, about 8
  to 10 minutes.
  
    Sirups kager, a Danish spice cookie "as brown as a reindeer," was a
  humble but coveted Christmas prize enjoyed by her grandfather in
  Denmark, writes our contest winner, Julie K. Cook, of Chicago.