Pfeffernusse

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By Nikki Phelps

A classical of Old World vacation baking, these German pfeffernüsse (peppernuts) person each the ingredients of a seasonal favourite cookie, including a dough affluent with spices that brace good with earthy molasses and cocoa, positive a tangy citrus icing. They store well, and, arsenic with immoderate gingerbread cookie, their spirit improves implicit time.

From baking teacher Nikki Phelps.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 40 (makes astir 40 cookies)

For the cookies

6 tablespoons (85 grams) unsalted butter
About 1/3 cupful (80 grams) packed airy brownish sugar
1/3 cupful (80 milliliters/113 grams) molasses
2 3/4 cups (350 grams) all-purpose flour
1/2 cupful (50 grams) almond repast oregon flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa pulverization (natural oregon Dutch-process)
1 spoon baking powder
1/2 spoon baking soda
1/2 spoon crushed anise oregon prima anise
1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/2 spoon crushed cloves
1/2 spoon crushed ginger
1/2 spoon crushed nutmeg
1/2 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Pinch good salt
2 ample eggs, astatine country temperature, lightly beaten

For the icing

1 cupful (130 grams) confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoonful caller citrus juice, positive much arsenic needed
Sprinkles, nonpareils, crushed pinkish peppercorns oregon different decorations of your prime (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per cookie

Calories
88
Fat
3 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
15 g
Sodium
40 mg
Cholesterol
14 mg
Protein
2 g
Fiber
0 g
Sugar
7 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From baking teacher Nikki Phelps.

Tested by Becky Krystal, Kristen Hartke and Ben Weiner.

Published December 5, 2024

Updated March 17, 2026