Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pfeffernusse. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Pfeffernüsse are tiny spice cookies, popular as a holiday treat in Germany, Denmark, and The Netherlands, as well as among ethnic Mennonites in North America. They are called Pfeffernüsse (plural, singular is Pfeffernuss) in German, pepernoten (sing. pepernoot) in Dutch, päpanät in Plautdietsch, pfeffernuesse or peppernuts in English, and pebernødder in Danish. I have been told by all my relatives that pfeffernusse is a Dutch Advent treat.
pfeffernusse is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. pfeffernusse is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pfeffernusse using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make pfeffernusse:
- Make ready dough
- Prepare flour
- Take salt
- Take black pepper
- Prepare crushed anise seed
- Take gd cinnamon
- Get baking soda
- Make ready gd allspice
- Make ready gd nutmeg
- Get gd cloves
- Take light brown sugar
- Prepare unsalted butter (room temp)
- Prepare light molasses
- Get egg
- Make ready pwdrd sugar
In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, salt, pepper, aniseeds, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg and cloves. German for "pepper nut," pfeffernusse cookies are named for the pinch of pepper added to the dough before baking. It joins a quartet of warm spices – cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. It joins a quartet of warm spices – cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves.
Steps to make pfeffernusse:
- In medium bowl sift flour, salt, pepper, anise seeds, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg, and clove
- In large bowl use mixer on medium speed, be together butter, brown sugar, and molasses until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.
- Beat in the egg - save some egg whites to coat bakes cookies before sugaring
- Reduce the mixer speed and beat in the flour mixture
- Cover and refrigerate for several hours
- Position rack in middle of often and preheat to 350°F Fahrenheit
- Butter to baking sheets scoop of pieces of dough and roll between your palms into balls one and a half inches in diameter
- Place the balls on the cookie sheets spacing about 2 inches apart
- Bake until cookies are golden brown on the bottom and firm to the touch, about 14 minutes
- Transfer the baking sheets to the racks and let the cookies cool slightly on the sheets
- Place the confectioners sugar on in a sturdy paper bag, drop a few cookies into the bag, close the top securely, shake gently to coat the warm cookies with sugar
- Transfer two racks and let cool completely
- Coat cookies in egg white
- Repeat with the remaining cookies
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week
These traditional German Christmas cookies are similar to Lebkuchen, but they are smaller and have a unique glaze that hardens to a white coating while it dries and adds sweetness. This recipe is as authentic as it can be without some of the unusual ingredients that you can only get in Germany like Pottasche (potash) and Hirschhornsalz (ammonium carbonate), which. In Germany the tradition is for St. Nicholas to visit children early in December. Pfeffernusse cookies are chewy traditional German cookies that were mostly served around the holidays.
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