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Pfeffernuesse (German Peppernuts)

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Recipe

Pfeffernuesse (German Peppernuts) recipe

 

Yield

90 cookies

Prep

8 hrs

Cook

20 min

Ready

9 hrs
Trans-fat Free, High Fiber

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons cinnamon
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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½ teaspoon nutmeg
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½ teaspoon allspice
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½ teaspoon cloves
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¼ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon black pepper
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¼ teaspoon mace
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4 large eggs
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2 cups sugar
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1 each lemon zest
grated
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½ cup candied citron
finely chopped
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½ cup almonds
unblanched, ground
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3 tablespoons brandy
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
828 ml all-purpose flour
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1E+1 ml cinnamon
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5 ml baking powder
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2.5 ml nutmeg
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2.5 ml allspice
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2.5 ml cloves
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1.3 ml salt
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1.3 ml black pepper
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1.3 ml mace
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4 large eggs
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473 ml sugar
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1 each lemon zest
grated
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118 ml candied citron
finely chopped
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118 ml almonds
unblanched, ground
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45 ml brandy
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Directions

Stir together flour, cinnamon, basking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, salt, pepper and mace; set aside.

In a large bowl beat eggs at medium speed of mixer until fluffy.

Gradually beat in sugar.

Continue beating 15 minutes longer or until thick and fluffy.

Add flour mixture in thirds, adding lemon peel, citron, and almonds to last third and blending thoroughly after each addition.

Turn half the dough out onto lightly floured surface.

Roll out ½ inch thick.

Cut with 1-inch round cutter (inside of doughnut cutter works well) and place 1 inch apart on greased cookie sheets.

Reroll scraps.

Let stand uncovered at room temperature overnight.

When ready to bake, turn cookies over so moist side is up; put drop of brandy in center of each.

Bake in preheated 300℉ (150℃). oven 20 minutes or until cookies pop and are baked through.

(Break one in half; if not sticky, it's done.)

Remove to racks to cool.



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Comments


anonymous

Finally I found a peppernut recipe that resembles the one my family has made for 2 generations. Ours uses black walnuts and my grandma cut the citron out because grandpa didn't like it. Every other recipe I've found were for the powdered sugar cover ones or they contained some type of fat and were baked right away. And no brandy or whiskey (or in the case of some tea-totter cousins water) to make them pop.

 

 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 290g (10.2 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 96611% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 12g 19%
Saturated Fat 2g 11%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 212mg 71%
Sodium 221mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 63g 63%
Dietary Fiber 5g 20%
Sugars g
Protein 40g
Vitamin A 5% Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 11% Iron 39%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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