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Scotch Bonet Pfeffernusse

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Recipe

Instead of being hard, dry spice cookies, these are soft, moist spicy cookies with a medium hot disposition. Their heat is derived from ground Jamaican Scotch Bonnet peppers.

 

Yield

48 servings

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Ready

8 hrs

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 large eggs
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¾ cup brown sugar, dark
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¾ cup sugar
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1 lemon
grated rind of
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2 tablespoons candied fruit
finely chopped
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¼ cup almonds
finely chopped
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1 teaspoon cinnamon
ground
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½ teaspoon cloves
ground
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½ teaspoon allspice
ground
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¼ teaspoon cardamom seeds
ground
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½ teaspoon black pepper
ground
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1 teaspoon scotch bonnet chile peppers
ground
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3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
approximately
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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light rum
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powdered sugar
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
2 large eggs
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177 ml brown sugar, dark
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177 ml sugar
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1 each lemon
grated rind of
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3E+1 ml candied fruit
finely chopped
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59 ml almonds
finely chopped
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5 ml cinnamon
ground
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2.5 ml cloves
ground
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2.5 ml allspice
ground
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1.3 ml cardamom seeds
ground
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2.5 ml black pepper
ground
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5 ml scotch bonnet chile peppers
ground
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828 ml all-purpose flour
approximately
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5 ml baking soda
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1 x light rum
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0 powdered sugar
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Directions

You can control the heat to make these milder or hotter as you desire by varying the amount of ground Scotch Bonnet Pepper you use.

If you want them really mild, you can leave out the ground Scotch Bonnet altogether or if you like them blazin', try 1½ to 2 teaspoons of ground Scotch Bonnet instead of the 1 teaspoon called for in the recipe.

Beat the eggs with both sugars until the mixture is very thick and almost white.

Add lemon rind, candied fruit, almonds, baking soda and spices. Mix well.

Add flour a little at a time and stir in thoroughly until mixture is very heavy and will form a ball when kneaded in the hand without sticking to the hand.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured board and form into several rolls, approximately 1 inch in diameter.

Cut the rolls into ¾ inch slices.

Arrange the slices on a buttered cookie sheet, leaving approximately 2 inches between cookies in all directions.

Bake in a 300℉ (150℃) oven for approximately 15 minutes or until the bottom of the cookies brown.

Remove cookies from the oven and allow to cool for approximately 5 minutes.

Remove cookies from cookie sheet one at a time and dunk in a bowl of light rum for 3 seconds.

Drain each cookie briefly and then coat with confectioners' sugar.

Place cookies in single layers on racks or cookie sheets or cardboard covered with aluminum foil and allow cookies to dry for several hours (overnight is best).

Carefully remove cookies and place in plastic bags or other airtight containers for storage.

These cookies will remain delightful for at least a month if they are stored in airtight containers.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 14g (0.5 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 486% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 9mg 3%
Sodium 15mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 2g
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 1%
Calcium 0% Iron 3%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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