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Carmen & Carol's Pfefferniesen Cookies Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups dark syrup
1 cup butter
1 cup Crisco
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cardamom
½ tsp. ginger
½ tsp. allspice
½ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. pepper
4 eggs
8 cups of flour
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 370º

Bring syrup to boil.
Add: butter, Crisco, sugar, and eggs to syrup
Mix spices in the flour
Mix until it looks like playdough


Roll into logs, cut into small pieces

Bake for 10 minutes.

Dump the baked cookies on a towel on the bed until cool.

Store in tight container.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is a recipe that was handed down to our mom from her mom (Mae/granny). We bake these cookies each year for Christmas. They are delicious dunked in coffee.

 

 

 

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