Peppernotter (Scandinavian Christmas Cookies)

Name: Peppernotter (Scandinavian Christmas Cookies)
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 158 milliliters finely chopped almonds (optional); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 177 milliliters brown sugar; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground allspice; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 2 teaspoons water; 177 milliliters white sugar

Peppernotter (Scandinavian Christmas Cookies) might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 48. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 1g of fat, and a total of 79 calories. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. If you have ground pepper, lemon juice, ground ginger, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease several baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Beat the eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar in a bowl until the sugar has dissolved, then beat in lemon juice, almonds, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, black pepper, allspice, and cloves until thoroughly combined.

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Baking Powder

Black Pepper

Brown Sugar

Lemon Juice

Sugar

Allspice

Cinnamon

Almonds

Clove

Ginger

Egg

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Bowl

Mix in flour to make a sticky dough.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface, and knead the dough 1 to 2 minutes, adding more flour if needed, to make a smooth, workable dough. Pinch off pieces of dough and roll them into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and place the balls on the prepared baking sheets at least 1 inch apart.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cookie comes out clean, about 25 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Remove from sheets immediately to cooling racks to prevent cookies from getting too hard.

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Stir together confectioners' sugar and water to make a glaze, and drizzle each cookie while slightly warm with about 1/2 teaspoon, spreading it around the top of the cookie.

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Powdered Sugar