Gingerbread Cookies (Pepparkakor) | Cooking with Julie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brown sugar (light)
• 1/2 cup molasses unsulfured (light or Barbados)
• 1/2 cup unsalted European style butter, cut into 1/2 -inch cubes
• 1 egg plus one yolk, well beaten
• 2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
• 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda or horn salt/Hartshorn/baker’s ammonia
• 2 teaspoons ground Chinese cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 tablespoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
• Sliced almonds
• Pearl Sugar
• Icing