Pfeffernüsse

Name: Pfeffernüsse
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 473 milliliters firmly packed brown sugar; 113 grams About 1/2 cup butter or margarine, at room temperature; 59 milliliters finely chopped candied citron; 2 larges eggs; 769 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cloves; 0 teaspoons ground ginger; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 170 grams 1/2 cups chopped pecans; 1 teaspoons salt

Pfeffernüsse might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 75 calories. This recipe serves 72. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, pecans, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat 1/2 cup butter and the brown sugar until well blended.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs and beat until smooth. In a small bowl, stir baking soda in 1 tablespoon hot water until dissolved; beat into butter mixture.

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Baking Soda

Butter

Water

Egg

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Bowl

In a medium bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and salt.

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Cinnamon

Clove

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Add to butter mixture, stir to mix, then beat until well blended. Stir in pecans and citron.

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Butter

Citron

Pecans

Divide dough in half and shape each portion into a log about 11 inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap logs separately in waxed paper and freeze until firm enough to slice, at least 1 hour.

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Dough

Wrap

Unwrap dough.

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Dough

Cut logs crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick rounds and place about 1 inch apart on buttered 12- by 15-inch baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake cookies in a 350 regular or convection oven until lightly browned, 8 to 12 minutes; if baking two sheets at once in one oven, switch their positions halfway through baking.

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