How To make Pfeffernuesse(Pepper Nut Cookies)
3 c Flour, sifted
1 t Baking Powder
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Allspice
1/4 ts Ground Cloves (done by hand,
-if poss, for stronger -taste) 1/4 ts Nutmeg ("Yuch!", Grandma
-always "forgot" to add it) 1/4 ts Mace
3 Eggs, beaten light
3/4 c Sugar
Juice and grated rind 1 -Lemon 2/3 c Chopped Nuts
Measure flour and sift with baking powder, salt, and spices. Add sugar slowly to beaten eggs and stir in lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Add dry ingredients and nuts and mix well. Refrigerate 2 hours. Roll out 1/2" thick and cut with tiny cutter 3/4" round. Let
cookies stand over night in cool place on ungreased cookie sheet. Just before baking, put a drop of brandy on each cookie. Bake brandy side up [don'tcha just love it?] in 300 deg F oven for 1/2 hour. Cool thoroughly and place in tightly covered jar.
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup lard (or vegetable shortening)
- 1 cup molasses
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon real anise oil
- 1/2 cup sour milk (1 tablespoon vinegar with 1/2 cup milk)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 6 cups flour
DIRECTIONS
In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the lard and molasses, 30 seconds. Add the sugar, egg, anise oil, sour milk, and mix well, 1 minute. Add baking soda and flour and mix until only a few streaks of flour remain, 1 minute.
Shape into cylindrical rolls approximately 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch in diameter. Chill overnight and cut into 1/4-inch pieces.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on pan for 5 minutes. Using a spatula, scrape the peppernuts into an airtight container. Store for up to 3 three months in the freezer.
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0:00 Pfeffernusse Cookies
2:15 Ingredients
3:07 Combine and heat wet ingredients
4:42 Mix dry ingredients
6:00 Add Dry to Wet ingredients and combine
7:13 Add egg.
8:04 Wrap and chill
9:52 Shape the cookies
11:51 Preheat the oven
12:45 Bake the cookies
13:08 Make Icing and dip cookies
17:00 Taste Test
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