Sweet And Spicy Crunchy Peppernuts (pfeffernusse)

Total Time: 37 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons softened butter
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 in a mixer mix all ingredients until blended.
• 2 add water a few drops at a time until mixture forms a ball.
• 3 knead the dough ball for a few minutes.
• 4 roll out a walnut sized ball of dough into a long rope of dough (little finger width) cut pieces of the rope and put on baking sheet.
• 5 bake at 375 degrees for 6-8 minutes.
• 6 let cookies cool on sheets.
• 7 makes dozens of cookies, peanut sized, nice and crunchy.