Pfeffernuesse

Servings: 65 Difficulty: Advanced
Middle-Eastern-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Pfeffernuesse

Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 65 Calories: 305.5

Description

This Middle-Eastern dessert features Eggs 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg; ground, Dark Brown Sugar; firmly 1/2 teaspoon Cloves; ground. It delivers sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. packed 1/2 ts Allspice; ground 1/2 ea Lemon; grated rind 1 1/2 tb Cold Black Coffee 3 c All-Purpose Flour; sifted 1/4 c Citron; finely chopped 1 ts Double-Acting Baking Powder X Apricot Brandy 1/8 ts Salt X Confectioners' Sugar; 1/2 ts Cinnamon; ground -sifted 1/8 ts Black Pepper PFEFFERNUESSE
  2. Beat the eggs and brown sugar until light and thick.
  3. Add the lemon rind.
  4. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and spices.
  5. Add alternately with coffee.
  6. Stir in the citron.
  7. Chill the dough for 2 hours.
  8. Form into rolls 1 inch in diameter, and cut each roll into 1/2 inch pieces.
  9. Arrange, a little apart, on greased cookie tins and let stand in a cool place overnight.
  10. Next morning, turn each cookie over and put a drop of apricot brandy on each.
  11. Bake at once for 20 minutes at 300F (149&# 194;°C).
  12. While still hot, roll in confectioners' sugar.
  13. This makes about 65.
  14. Pfeffernuesse become hard very quickly, so if not used at once, they should be frozen

Nutrition Facts

Servings 65


Amount Per Serving
Calories 305.5kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 5.5g9%
Saturated Fat 1.6g8%
Cholesterol 186.5mg63%
Sodium 101.6mg5%
Total Carbohydrate 59.3g20%
Dietary Fiber 0.0g0%
Sugars 59.3g
Protein 6.5g13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, brown, cloves, dark, dessert, eggs, firmly, ground, middle-eastern, nutmeg, pfeffernuesse, sugar, teaspoon, title, vegan
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