Pfeffernüsse/ Peppernuts
Pfeffernüsse/ Peppernuts a simple German Christmas cookies I made for this holiday season. You will like it if you are gingerbread fan.
Servings: 20 nos
Calories: 72kcal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup / 187g All-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon / 3g baking soda
- 3 tablespoon /41g butter
- 2 tablespoon /34g honey
- 2 ¾ tablespoon /2 tablespoon Molasses
- 2 tablespoon /30g Sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground all spice
- ½ teaspoon anise seed
- Zest of one orange
- Glaze
- 2 cups of Confectioner’s sugar
- 1-2 tablespoon water
Instructions
- In a bowl add flour and baking soda and mix well and set aside.
- In another bowl heat butter, sugar, honey, molasses and spices and gradually add to the flour mix and then add egg and mix well.
- Refrigerate the cookie dough to overnight.
- Next morning pre-heat oven to 350F
- Cut the cookie dough into 2-inch pieces and bake for 10 minutes.
- Make glaze in a bowl and dip the cooled cookies. If you make thicker glaze then you get thicker white colored cookies.
- Enjoy Pfeffernusse with cup of coffee.
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Nutrition
Calories: 72kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 52mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 88IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg
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