calling any one from missouri

[chiknGeek]

Yes, I've made Pfeffernusse, they are one of my favorite Christmas cookies

 

[jthornton]

Yes, I've made Pfeffernusse, they are one of my favorite Christmas cookies

What recipe do you use?

This is the recipe I got from a friend https://gnipsel.com/recipes/snacks/peppernuts.html

JT

 

[chiknGeek]

1/2 cup molasses
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup margarine
2 eggs
4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons anise extract or 3 tsp anise seed ground
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting

1. Stir together the molasses, honey, shortening, and margarine in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until creamy. Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Stir in the eggs.
2. Cream the white sugar and brown sugar into the egg mixture.
3. Combine the flour, cardamom, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, anise, cinnamon, baking soda, pepper, and salt in a large bowl. Add the molasses mixture and stir until thoroughly combined.
4. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
   Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Roll the dough into acorn-sized balls. Arrange on baking sheets, spacing at least 1 inch apart.
   Bake in preheated oven 10 to 15 minutes. Move to a rack to cool. Dust cooled cookies with confectioners' sugar.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Ya lost me at anise.
Doesn't that taste like black licorice?

 

[chiknGeek]

I love black licorice. With all of the spices in this cookie, I don't think the anise particularly stands out, but you could leave that out of this recipe.

 

[SueT]

I may try it without anise and without cardamom. I’m sure I’ve tried these, rolled in powdered sugar. I remember being very fond of them.

 

[jthornton]

I've seen some with a white glaze on the top...

JT

 

[SueT]

This afternoon we went to watch the Horse drawn Christmas parade in the tiny town of Irwin, which is about 10 miles away. People sat in the grass to watch this delightful little event.
There were 30 or so participants, who all went to a dinner at the home of the family with the Halflingers. It couldn’t have been lovelier weather.

 

[Adorae]

Has anyone had eggs shipped to them recently? I'm interested in buying some but I am worried about them being damaged in the post. If you have, what side of the state are you on and what was your experience?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Has anyone had eggs shipped to them recently? I'm interested in buying some but I am worried about them being damaged in the post. If you have, what side of the state are you on and what was your experience?

Well. I shipped some eggs to bowling green from southwest Mo. About a year ago.
They lost them. Then when they finially arrived it looked like the box had been kicked down the road. Lots of broken eggs and i had them individually wrapped in bubble wrap and packed tightly with lots of filler. Duck eggs too..which are harder to break.