Pfeffernusse Cookies
These sweet, spicy, and totally delicious pfeffernusse cookies are packed with complex flavor. You truly can't go wrong with this top-rated pfeffernusse recipe.
Ingredients
- molasses (0.5 cup)
- honey (0.25 cup)
- shortening (0.25 cup)
- margarine (0.25 cup)
- eggs (2 large)
- all-purpose flour (4 cups)
- white sugar (0.75 cup)
- brown sugar (0.5 cup)
- anise extract (2 teaspoons)
- ground cinnamon (2 teaspoons)
- ground cardamom (1.5 teaspoons)
- baking soda (1.5 teaspoons)
- ground cloves (1 teaspoon)
- ground nutmeg (1 teaspoon)
- ground ginger (1 teaspoon)
- ground black pepper (1 teaspoon)
- salt (0.5 teaspoon)
- confectioners' sugar for dusting (1 cup)
Instructions
- Gather the ingredients.
- Place molasses, honey, shortening, and margarine in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until creamy.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Beat in eggs.
- Combine flour, white sugar, brown sugar, anise, cinnamon, cardamom, baking soda, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper, and salt in a large bowl.
- Add molasses mixture; stir until thoroughly combined. Refrigerate dough until well chilled, about 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Roll dough into acorn-sized balls and place 1 inch apart on baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until firm to the touch with slight cracking, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Dust cooled cookies with confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)
- kcal: 284
- fat: 6 g
- sats: 1 g
- carbs: 54 g
- fibre: 1 g
- protein: 4 g
- salt: 0.213 g