Holiday Pfeffernusse Cookies

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup molasses (i used sorghum molasses)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons anise extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon allspice, ground
• 1 cup confectionery sugar (more if needed)

Recipe

• 1 combine butter, honey and molasses in a pot and melt over low heat on the stove. do not boil! remove from heat and let cool.
• 2 beat eggs and anise extract together and stir into honey mixture.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl add the flour, sugars, spices and salt and mix together well with a spoon.
• 4 add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and stir till makes a stiff dough.
• 5 chill about 3 hours in the refrigerator.
• 6 remove from refrigerator and roll into small balls with your hands or you can cut some of the dough with cookie cutters. (i did some both ways. i made some bite sized ones for my grandson and several different sizes) the dough is easy to work once it comes out of the fridge.
• 7 place on sprayed or greased cookie sheets.
• 8 bake in preheated 325 degree oven 15 minutes.
• 9 remove from pan and let cool.
• 10 roll in confectionery sugar.
• 11 store in airtight container and allow to sit for a couple days before serving.