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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Pfeffernusse - German Iced Spice Cookies
These cookies, heavily spiced with lots of different spices and then iced as well are a wonderful addition to the treats to enjoy over the festive season. Originally from Germany, with variation in surrounding countries they are now popular worldwide.
Chapters/Time Codes:
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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Pfeffernusse cookies - traditional German Christmas cookies
If you are looking for a new Christmas cookie recipe or you are going to bake Christmas cookies for the first time, this is perfect recipe to start with. Dough is easy to handle and there is nothing what can go wrong.
Home-made pfeffernusse are soft and they melt in your mouth.
Dry ingredients
270g all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons gingerbread spices (2 Tb Ground Ginger,2 Tb Ground Cinnamon, 1 Tb Ground Cloves
1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg)
¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
30g almond flour
Wet ingredients
110g brown sugar
115g honey
75g unsalted butter
3 tablespoons milk
1 large egg – room temperature
Ingredients for glaze
260g powdered sugar
4 tablespoons hot water
Pfeffernüsse - German Spice Christmas Cookies | Food Wishes
The name translates to “pepper nut,” which sounds odd when you consider the original recipe didn’t call for pepper or nuts, but that aside, these are ridiculously good, surprisingly easy, and I think they are the best Christmas cookie ever. Enjoy!
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Making peppernuts Pfeffernusse German cookie
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Pfeffernusse Cookies Video
Pfeffernusse Cookies: these German holiday cookies are similar to American gingerbread cookies, but are filled with extra spices and tossed in powdered sugar!
Pfeffernuesse - Authentic German Christmas Cookies aka pepper nuts
Pfeffernüsse aka pepper nuts are delicious German Christmas cookies with fine spices. This is a quick German classic Lebkuchen recipe to enjoy during the Advent season and the Christmas holidays.
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