Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German for "pepper nut," pfeffernusse cookies are named for the pinch of pepper added to the dough before baking. It joins a ...

Cook's notes: Baker's ammonia or ammonium carbonate, is used as a leavener, lighter and airier than baking soda. Weiss considers it crucial to the recipe. It smells strong until it is baked. We found ...

Recipe: Spicy German Pfeffernusse cookies, covered in icing, are more flavorful days after baking Pfeffernusse.Sally Pasley Vargas ...

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Pfeffernusse cookies stand out because of their unexpected touch of black pepper combined with classic holiday spices. Martha creates the dough with cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, molasses, brown ...

For me, for almost half a century, it's exactly the same every year. It's the day the pfeffernusse arrive. They're spicy little German Christmas cookies named for their pepper and nuts -- a completely ...