Mormon Pepper Cookies (1967)

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 cup butter
• 1 tbspn vinegar
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 tspn ground black pepper
• 1 tspn ground ginger
• 1 tspn ground cloves
• 1 tspn ground cinnamon
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 5 cups sifted flour

Combine sugar, corn syrup, butter, and vinegar in small and bring almost to a boil. Cool to room temperature, then stir in eggs.  Sift together the remaining ingredients and stir into butter mixture, blending well.

Chill overnight. Divide dough into 8 or 9 equal portions, and roll each out very thin on floured board. Cut into diamond (or any other) shapes, and bake on greased baking sheet in 350 degree for 7 or 8 minutes. Makes about 225 3-inch cookies. 

Store in loosely covered jar in dry place so cookies will remain crisp. They will keep for a long time.

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(Origin - "Famous Mormon Recipes" by Winnifred C. Jardine, published by Liddle Enterprises of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1967.)