Pfeffernuesse #1

48 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3¾ cup Sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
2 teaspoons Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon Ground cloves
½ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
4 Eggs
2 cups Sugar
1 cup Thinly sliced citron
1 Lemon peel; grated

Directions

Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. In a bowl beat eggs and sugar with a rotary beater or electric mixer until thick and lemon-colored. Blend in sifted dry ingredients. Stir in citron and lemon peel. Cover and chill. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease cookie sheets lightly with unsalted shortening. Roll a small portion of the dough at a time on a well- floured board to a thickness of ¼ to ½ inch. Cut with a 2-inch cookie cutter. Place cookies 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake 15 minutes, or until done. Remove cookies from sheets and cool on wire cake racks. Makes 4-5 dozen cookies.

FROM FERN HACK,

REDBOOK, DEC 1972, "THE GREAT

CHRISTMAS COOKIE-SWAP COOKBOOK" From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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