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Aunt Elsie’s Pepper Nuts (German Christmas Cookie) German name Pfefferniisse Recipe

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This recipe for Aunt Elsie’s Pepper Nuts (German Christmas Cookie) German name Pfefferniisse is from Fifty Years in the Kitchen by Marj Moritz, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
¼ t ground white pepper
¾ t ground cinnamon
½ t ground allspice
¼ t ground nutmeg
¼ t ground cloves
¼ t baking soda
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 large egg
¼ cup molasses
½ t vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
1. Combine flour, pepper, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves and baking soda and set aside.
2. Place butter, brown sugar and molasses in bowl and beat until fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Add flour mixture and stir until just combined. Pinch off dough in small amounts, roll into a snake and cut into about an 1 ¼ size ball.
4. Bake until cookies are golden and firm to the touch with a little cracking (about 15 minutes) turning sheet halfway through.
5. Cool on waxed paper on counter.
6. Let cool completely on counter. Cookies will be rock hard when cool.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Aunt Elsie (Larry's aunt, Elsie Moritz) almost always made these old time German Cookies for her family at Christmas time. We could always expect a little bag of them as her gift to us. Although, I've never tried to duplicate this recipe, I am thrilled to be able to add it to this cookbook. She was so proud of her little contribution.
Karen says...
Aunt Elsie said you could put powdered sugar in a bag and shake the cookies in the bag until slightly coated but she never did that step for some reason.

 

 

 

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