Pfeffernuse

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: Pfeffernuse
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings

2 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Ground ginger
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground cloves
1/3 c Dark molasses
1/3 c Butter or margarine; melted
1 Egg
Confectioner's sugar

Preheat oven to moderate (375 degrees). Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon,
ginger, baking powder, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cloves in large bowl. Stir
in molasses and butter with wooden spoon. Mix in egg until blended (the
dough will be stiff). Shape into 1" balls, using about 1-1/2 teaspoons per
cookie. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated
moderate oven (375 degrees) for 10 to 12 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center of cookie comes out clean; cookies will crack. Remove
cookies to wire rack. Roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm and
return to rack to cool completely.

-----