Monday, November 28, 2011

PEPPERNUTS

Dark Crunchy Peppernuts

from Anna Penner Duerksen

Cut with a thimble...

1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2/3 cup margarine
1 egg
2/3 cup dark brown corn syrup
1 tsp. each baking soda and baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. each cinnamon, nutmeg and ground star anise
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. each cloves and black pepper
3 1/2 - 3/3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour

Cream sugar and margarine.  Add egg and mix well. Add syrup and blend.  In a bowl stir together bkaing powder, baking soda, salt, spices and sifted flour.  Gradually add to sugar and margarine mixture and knead well.  Form ingto a ball, cover and refrigerate overnight. 

Roll dough into finger-sized ropes and cut into thin slices.  Dough with brown sugar sometimes tends to crumble.  Keep working back together.  Lay pieces, cut side down, on greased baking sheet.  Bake aat 350 F for about 5 - 7 minutes or until cookes are golden brown.  Cool. Store in airtight container. In convection oven 9 - 10 minutes.  If you use a thimble roll dough out very very thin instead of making ropes and slicing. 

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