Hi all This was posted by Katharina Hines on German-Food -- she has also posted information on different Christmas customs -- you would do yourself a favor if you joined the German food list and also browse the archives. Enjoy! Claire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katharina Hines" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 10:40 PM Subject: [GERMAN-FOOD] Re:Pfeffernuesse | 3 eggs | 1 cup sugar | 3 cups flour | 1/4 teaspoon baking powder | 1/8 teaspoon salt | 1/8 teaspoon white pepper. | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon | 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves | 1/2 cup chopped candied lemon peel | 1/4 cup ground almonds | 1'2 cup confectioners' sugar | 2 apple slices | | beat eggs and sugar in a large mixer bowl with electric mixer | at medium speed. Add flour,baking powder, salt, white pepper, cinnamon, | and cloves and continue to beat until well mixed, scraping bowl | occasionally. Beat in the lemon peel and almonds until well combined. Wrap | in waxed paper and chill dough for 1 hour. | | Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 large cookie sheets. Roll dough out | onto lightly floured surface to approximately 1/4 inch thickness. | Cut out circle with 1 inch round cookie cutter. Place on cookie sheet. Bake | for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Reroll scraps | bake and cool. Place confectioners' sugar in bag, add the cookies and shake | till well coated. | Because these cookies are very hard place them in a tightly covered | container with the apple slices, cover and allow to ripen for 2-3 weeks | (they will soften) Makes about 8 doz. | Katharina | ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ | Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com | | | ==== GERMAN-FOOD Mailing List ==== | Problems? | Email [email protected] | |