Jump to Recipe Is there anything more inviting and exciting than the smell of fresh, warm gingerbread cookies? –Maybe there is: the smell of fresh, warm gingerbread cookies with Authentic Finnish Gingerbread Spice Mix! Perhaps this year, you’ll try a slightly different twist of the same old gingerbread cookies? Read on to find out the secret ingredient that makes this warm spice mix particularly Nordic! What makes this Gingerbread Spice Mix Authentic and Finnish? Like in many other countries worldwide, gingerbread cookies (or comparable spicy creations) are a must-have Christmas indulgence also here in Finland.In my opinion, it’s the taste and especially the scent of these festive treats that make the ultimate Christmas feeling.But what makes this gingerbread spice mix especially Finnish? Well, not only because I’m a Finn and I have made it, but it calls for the most commonly used seasonings in the Finnish gingerbread cookies, piparkakut.

Sure, there is the common ginger and cinnamon involved in this spice mix, but there is a spice that is not very commonly used in the world’s repertoire of gingerbread spice mixes.But what is the secret spice that makes this seasoning Nordic and especially Finnish? It’s bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium for you, botanical freaks).Yes, authentic Nordic gingerbread spice mix uses bitter orange peel that we Finns call pomeranssi.

To my knowledge, bitter orange, especially the peel, is not that commonly used seasoning in the w

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