December 10
Traditional Christmas cookies, there are a lot. One of them is PEBERNØDDER, “pebbernuts”, they are small, spicy and crispy, that kind of eatable things that can be impossible to stop eating. The chrispy level is very high. That explains why I once more have to use an old photo, even though I have had quite a lot of bags in the house lately.
The simple recipe of Pebernødder is here:
250 gr. Flour
175 gr. butter
½ tsp. white peper
1 tsp. vanilla
125 gr. sugar
Lemon peel
Mix everything, then make small round cakes in the size of a nut.
In the oven at 200 degree C, in about 8 – 10 minutes.
If you want the more complicated, please look at my old post from 2008.
(nb. Perhaps I should warn you that I use to forget at least one of the ingredients if I bake, so there is no guarantee for succes!)
My 2008 blog 
White pepper in a cookie??! How interesting! Do children like these or are they more for adult tastes?
Oh yes, they love them, they are just the size they like. And you can´t realy taste the pepper, only feel a slight aroma.
They look good, I like spices in some cookies, pepper, ginger, cardamom or a zest of lemon. I will try your recipe during the week. Thank you.
Oh, I hope everything is in it then, I have to take an extra look at the recipe!! There is a childrens song about baking pepper nuts, the baker explain his helper how to do and leaves. The helper forget the recipe, and take pepper insted of flour and so on. The baker comes back as the cakes are ready. How did you do? He explains, and the baker correct him.
NÅR EN PEBBERKAGEBAGER…
Når en peberkagebager
bager peberbagekager
tar han først en mægtig gryde
og et kilo smør omtrent.
Og hvis gryden ikke vælter
blandes smørret mens det smelter
med et kilo puddersukker
til det lugter brunt og brændt.
Og i smør og sukker kommer
man en halv snes æggeblommer
som man rører ud i gryden
med et kilo hvedemel.
Når det værste er af vejen
krydres peberkagedejen
med en teske ægte peber
og et lille drys kanel.
Oooh, those look so interesting! I have printed the recipe out and plan to bake them!
You too! I am very curious to see and hear about the result.
To give you (and Isa) an alternative, and an idea about the the variation of ingredients, I have Google translated this recipe, which the writer claim to be the best in the world.
250 g butter
250 g sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon cardamom
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 cup cream
500 g plain flour
Butter and sugar stirred together. Spices and flour are added.
Rolled into bars and cut into small pieces
Bake at 200 degrees for 10-12 minutes.