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Pfeffernüße (German Christmas Cookies)

GermanVegetarianEasy30 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 each eggs
  • 1 each tsp. baking soda
  • 1 each Tbs. hot water
  • 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts or almonds), finely ground
  • 2 each tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 each tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 3 cup sifted all-purpose flour.
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (for rolling cookies in)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix the sugar with the well-beaten eggs.

  2. 2

    Add the soda dissolved in hot water, the nuts and sift in the spices with the flour.

  3. 3

    Add more flour if needed to make a dough stiff enough to roll.

  4. 4

    Roll out until the dough is about 1/8 inch thick.

  5. 5

    Cut into tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in oven at 400° F until golden brown.

  6. 6

    Take out and roll at once in powdered sugar.

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