Pfeffernuesse cookies
I’m talking Christmas cookies today. Today I am going to eat a Pfeffernuesse (peffer -noose-a) cookie.
I got some Christmas cookies from a few of my senior friends. I am grateful, really I am. I love cookies. But, gee these are not Christmas cookies. What are they thinking? I got sugar cookies, honey cookies, date cookies, peanut butter-chocolate somethings, some sprinkled with red and green thingys. You know, I really like these Germans here and their traditions, I like the food -knoephla soup, chicken & dumplings, but, they don’t have Christmas cookies.
Now the Norwegians they have Christmas cookies. They have krumkaka, sundbakkles, fudiman, rosettes wow! Now those are what I call Christmas cookies! I have wonderful memories of a beautiful glass plate filled with Christmas cookies with colorful pink & green & white divinity and nutty fudge stuffed here and there. It seemed no matter how many you ate the plate still looked full -the magic of Christmas I suspect.
Now the only try these Germans seem to make at having a Christmas cookie is these Pfeffernuesse cookies. They are sorta small, you can see the cookie part is sorta brown, so that’s different. They are not a sugar cookie. They are in a bit of a ball sorta pushed down and they resemble a snow ball. They are covered with powdered sugar so they are sure to be sweet. Well here goes –let me pause for the big taste. Hang on I will be right back
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Ok Ok I took a bite. It was rather chewy the inside is not so sweet but I really like the powdered sugar on the outside. It has some funny flavor inside -maybe licorice? I’m not sure, but I think I could like these. They are different, & pretty -maybe I could say these are German Christmas cookies? Yeah, I take back all that mumbling I wrote about Germans not have a Christmas cookie. In my eyes they now have a Christmas cookie, and along with Curty’s (grandma Esther’s) carmels I bet they would make a fine plate for passing around. Merry Christmas everyone and I hope you have or will make wonderful Christmas memories this year!
I got some Christmas cookies from a few of my senior friends. I am grateful, really I am. I love cookies. But, gee these are not Christmas cookies. What are they thinking? I got sugar cookies, honey cookies, date cookies, peanut butter-chocolate somethings, some sprinkled with red and green thingys. You know, I really like these Germans here and their traditions, I like the food -knoephla soup, chicken & dumplings, but, they don’t have Christmas cookies.
Now the Norwegians they have Christmas cookies. They have krumkaka, sundbakkles, fudiman, rosettes wow! Now those are what I call Christmas cookies! I have wonderful memories of a beautiful glass plate filled with Christmas cookies with colorful pink & green & white divinity and nutty fudge stuffed here and there. It seemed no matter how many you ate the plate still looked full -the magic of Christmas I suspect.
Now the only try these Germans seem to make at having a Christmas cookie is these Pfeffernuesse cookies. They are sorta small, you can see the cookie part is sorta brown, so that’s different. They are not a sugar cookie. They are in a bit of a ball sorta pushed down and they resemble a snow ball. They are covered with powdered sugar so they are sure to be sweet. Well here goes –let me pause for the big taste. Hang on I will be right back
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M-M
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Ok Ok I took a bite. It was rather chewy the inside is not so sweet but I really like the powdered sugar on the outside. It has some funny flavor inside -maybe licorice? I’m not sure, but I think I could like these. They are different, & pretty -maybe I could say these are German Christmas cookies? Yeah, I take back all that mumbling I wrote about Germans not have a Christmas cookie. In my eyes they now have a Christmas cookie, and along with Curty’s (grandma Esther’s) carmels I bet they would make a fine plate for passing around. Merry Christmas everyone and I hope you have or will make wonderful Christmas memories this year!
posted by Deb | 8:08 AM
2 Comments:
I AGREE!!!! Kristy makes the krumkaka and we destroy them in minutes. When I take them to school they are cleaned out before I can get to second floor. I don't like the pffeff....thing. I do like the powdered sugar cookie with nuts in it but not the one with the funny taste. I love Christmas cookies and I have the belly to prove it.
grandma esther's carmels are the best also. i've been trying to master that recipe all winter so far and my last batch didn't even turn out too bad!
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