Time Travel Kitchen
Pepparnötter, Traditional Yuletide Cookies
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Whether called Peppernuts, Pepparnötter (Sweden), or Pfeffernüsse (Germany) these small, spicy cookies are always a holiday favorite.
Peppernuts were first created in Europe in the 18th century for yuletide celebrations. Today’s recipe includes cardamom, ginger and cinnamon and a touch of molasses. They are wonderfully crunchy and tasted even more delicious on the second day. Dust with confectioners sugar if you’d like to dress them up and add a touch more sweetness.
Note: I would add a pinch of salt
See you tomorrow with cookie number five 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
Jolene
Sources:
Melody Favish, English Translation: Swedish Cakes and Cookies, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2008
Wikipedia
Photo: Jolene
My kids love Pfeffernüsse! Their dad is German and we’d buy a bag of them every week. I haven’t made my own but I might give it a go!
These are family tradition for my mom. Hers were with honey and about 30 drops of anise oil, though... and yes, of course cardamon! The dough sat in the fridge for a week before baking. Most years, we made them in September to age. The real treat: one year when a very well-packed tin went missing...to be found the next year while tree-decorating... they were the best I've ever tasted. But we couldn't manufacture that patience :)