1/3 cup dark corn syrup
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup shortning
1 beaten egg
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
powdered sugar -- optional
Combine first 4 ingredients in saucepan; cook and stir until shortening and sugar melt. Cool. Stir in egg. Mix flour with soda and spices. Add to honey mixture; mix well. Form into balls using one level tablespoon of dough for each; place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375F about 10 minutes. Cool. If desired, sift powdered sugar over tops.
A cookie baker Mar 14, 2003
Would make this again.
Pfeffernuesse this is not. Pfeffer means it has to have PEPPER. They seem to have forgotten the white pepper.
Response: Actually, that is a common misunderstanding. While "pfeffer" generally means "pepper" today, in the old days the term "pfeffer" was used to refer to spices. The name of this old recipe refers to the spices and not, as is commonly believed, to the pepper (which may or may not be added to various pfeffernuesse recipes).
A cookie baker in MD Dec 14, 2002
Would not make this again.
This recipe was alright, but the spices were not strong enough.
