Mom's pfeffernusse

20 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Sugar
4 larges Eggs
3½ cup Flour
2 tablespoons Grated orange peel
1 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground allspice
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Lemon extract
½ teaspoon Ground cloves

Directions

1. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat sugar and eggs until blended. Increase speed to high; beat until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour, grated orange peel, cinnamon, allspice, baking powder, lemon extract, and cloves and beat until well combined, occasionally scraping bowl with spatula. With lightly floured hands, shape dough into 4 balls; flatten each slightly. Wrap each in plastic wrap and freeze 1 hour or refrigerate overnight. (Dough will be very sticky even after chilling.) 2.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease large cookie sheet. On well-floured surface with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of dough into 10" x 6" rectangle, keeping remaining dough in refrigerator. With floured pastry wheel or sharp knife, cut each strip crosswise into 6 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 10 pieces. Place cookies, about ½ inch apart, on cookie sheet. 3. Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes until lightly browned. With pancake turner, remove cookies to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining dough. Makes 20 dozen cookies.

Recipe by: Good Housekeeping

Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by PookyPook <PookyPook@...> on Nov 3, 1997

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