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Pfeffernüße (German Christmas
Cookies)
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Ingredients
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2 cups brown sugar
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2 eggs
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1 tsp. baking soda
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1 Tbs. hot water
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1 cup chopped nuts
(walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds)
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2 tsp. ground cinnamon
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1 tsp. ground nutmeg
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3 cups sifted all-purpose
flour
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1 cup powdered sugar (for
rolling cookies in)
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Directions
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Mix the sugar with the
well-beaten eggs.
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Add the soda dissolved in
hot water, the nuts and sift in the spices with the flour.
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Add more flour if needed
to make a dough stiff enough to roll.
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Roll out until the dough
is about 1/8 inch thick.
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Cut into tiny rounds
about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in oven at 400° F
until golden brown.
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Take out and roll at once
in powdered sugar.
NOTES: Grind nuts fine.
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