Pfeffernüsse
Leslie Cooks
This recipe is a German Christmas classic! They are spiced, delicate, and will instantly remind you of winter.
Prep Time 1 day d
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 1 day d 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine German
Servings 60 cookies
Calories 66 kcal
Medium Saucepan
Plastic Wrap
- 3½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp white or black pepper
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp allspice
- ½ tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp mace
- ½ cup almond flour
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¼ cup molasses
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp heavy Cream
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter 1 stick
- 1 large egg
Glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3-5 tbsp water or fresh lemon juice
In a medium bowl, add the flour, salt, baking soda, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, and mace. Wisk until combined. Set aside.
To a medium saucepan, add the honey, molasses, brown sugar, heavy cream, and butter.
Heat on medium heat until brown sugar and butter melts. Stir until mixture is smooth and homogenous.
Remove sugar-mixture from heat and allow to cool for about 5 minutes. (If mixture is hot enough to burn your finger, it is too hot to proceed.)
Once sugar-mixture has cooled down, pour sugar-mixture into flour mixture. With spoon stir until both mixture are almost complete combined.
Add egg. Stir in egg just until combined. DO NOT over beat.
Onto a sheet of plastic wrap, pour dough out. Wrap dough and refrigerate for about 1-2 days. (This will allow butter to harden and gluten to relax which gives a more tender cookie.)
Baking
Preheat oven to 350℉. Line a larger cookie sheet with parchment paper. Set aside. Using 1 tbsp cookie scoop, scoop cookies. Use hands to roll cookies into balls and place on cookie sheet. Baking doe 15 mins or until bottoms of cookies are a light golden brown.
Once done, let cookies cool completely on pan.
Cookies taste even better the longer you have them. I would recommend eating them a day after you bake them.
Cookie can be stored in an air tight container for 2 weeks or so.
Calories: 66kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 43mgPotassium: 35mgSugar: 4gVitamin A: 63IUCalcium: 10mg
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