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Pfeffernüsse

For me, Christmas cakes that represent the party that closer and closer, are not as panettone and Pandora (which in fact does not make me crazy:)), but these cookies. Each year, in celebration of Christmas (and, in particular, that of St. Nicholas), my grandfather always brings some bag of these sweets which, however much they always, very quickly. In Trentino, are found in all supermarkets and shops selling handicrafts, is it true, we are not in Germany (in fact, these cookies come from there), but there's also a wide choice of delicacies from the Nordic countries also! These tender, small pieces of gingerbread are played in many forms and some are covered with a pink frosting with some colored sugar candies. I never thought to find the recipe, but to the Internet what is missing?! This recipe is simply the translation of the English that are a bit 'all over the network, from Wired New York Forum : I've made some changes confronting with the other.

I recommend you taste these cookies, especially if you are fond of spices and aromas that characterize the magical atmosphere of Christmas.

Ah, I forgot! E 'can hang these cookies to the Christmas tree, cut a small hole after the glaze is well coagulated on the surface of the biscuit. Let go a colored ribbon and sbizzarritevi to customize your tree!

Recipe: Pfeffernüsse
Ingredients:

• 4 cups unsifted flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon cloves powder

• 1 / 2 teaspoon nutmeg powder

• 1 teaspoon white pepper or ground black

• 1 tsp cardamom

• 1 teaspoon ground ginger

• 1 and ½ cup honey Acacia

• 2 tablespoons butter (not margarine)

• 2 large eggs

• 1 and ½ cup brown sugar fine

• ½ cup white sugar

• 1 tsp Coffee sodium bicarbonate

For the frosting: *

• Water

• Powdered sugar

Sift flour, baking powder and spices together. Heat the honey and butter until the butter starts to melt, then cool to room temperature environment. Incorporate the eggs with an electric mixer the butter mixture cooled and honey. Add the prepared flour. Cool down the mixture for 1-2 hours in refrigerator. Form the dough into balls of 2.5 cm (or hearts). Put them on a sheet of baking paper greased.

Bake at 175 ° C for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool. Mix the icing sugar and water to make a light glaze. Dip the cookies and put them to dry. Store cookies in airtight jars obtained.

* if you want to cover the cookies with dark chocolate, you melt in a saucepan over low heat dark chocolate cover with a knob of butter. Once cookies are cooled, you dip and let cool completely on a wire rack for cakes.