Needed: Recipe for German Pfeffernusse Cookies
I am searching for the authentic pfeffernusse recipe. Anyone have one or suggest a source? I have googled and found a couple but I don't know which is more authentic. Some have almonds for the nuts part and some recipes don' call for nuts at all. The spices called for are generally the same. Then there is the debate over black pepper and white pepper. My neighbor is a WWII vet harking back to a childhood memory of this Christmas cookies. He says the ones he had were round, hard and dusted with powered sugar. The recipe I got years ago from our schoolsecretary, Bertha Gerber were not round nor dusted with powdered sugar. Her's are rolled thin like a pencil and cut in small almost squares of .5 in X .5 inch. They were like eating rocks but oh, so tasty and spicy. I looks forward to seeing what comes back on this search. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! whosinthekitchen~ Lisa