Saturday was a snowy day in Minnesota...
We were fortunate in our part of the state - only about 10 inches. The twin cities and on east into Wisconsin received 17 - 20+ inches in the blast that swept thru here Friday and Saturday. Sandi - how bad was Inner Grove Heights? We had a great day watching the snow fall, listening to the wind howl and smelling the cookies as they came out of the oven. DD was home and we got all of the Christmas cookies baked. "How many cookies?" "What kind?" Well, since you asked, I'll tell you. We made close to 800 cookies. Before you decide we are completely insane I should tell what we made: Raspberry Thumbprints, Russian Tea Cakes, Peanut Butter Choc. Chip (new recipe that DD thought looked good), PIA's and Pfeffernusse. Of course the pfeffernusse are only about the size of a quarter and there were 566 of those (we kept track!). So it really isn't that many (but sounds impressive.....). The PIA's are actually called Candy Bar Cookies and the recipe came from my BIL - one of his families favorites. I have made them for years. They are called PIA's because they are a pain in the.... to make. It is a light shortbread type wafer, then caramel & pecans, then a choc. topping - can you say "BUTTER"...... Today we will finish (actually start) decorating. The snow plow hasn't been down our lane yet - for those of you who have been here, you know why we aren't going too far until that happens. Stay warm - or cool - depending on where you live! Joleen in MN
posted by Joleen in MN @ 11:22 AM
4 Comments:
Joleen, how do you make your Pfeffernusse? We have a family recipe for what we call "Peppernuts". We don't put pepper in them but flavor with anise oil and cardamon as well as a few other spices. Then roll into narrow 'logs', slice then bake. I've never seen our cookie made outside the family and have wondered if anyone else makes them as we do.
You sure made a LOT! of cookies! LOL
Mary in Oregon
We call them Peppernuts as well - sounds the same except we don't use cardamon. Anise, molasses, cinnamon, cloves, roll into a pencil size log (or a little bigger, slice and bake. They are a German cookie and my mom always made them. Joleen
Pretty close but not exactly the same. We use a tad of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice plus the tablespoon of cardamon and anise oil. No molasses or cloves. Ours are via a German family line too.
Thanks for sharing. It's interesting to compare recipes. :-)
Happy Christmas holiday!
Mary
NOT a tablespoon of anise, tho. Just re-read that and realised it might have been misunderstood. :-)
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