Norwegian Spice Cookies

Ingredients:
• 1 cup & 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1 cup maple syrup
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 1/4 cups butter or margarine
• 7 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon cloves
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon pepper
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder

Directions:
Melt sugar, syrup, water and butter together. Let cool. Add spices and baking powder to flour. Mix syrupy mixture into flour mixture by hand. Roll chilled dough into 1 inch balls. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Yield 18 dozen.