Pebber Nodder (Danish Christmas Cookies)

"Another recipe being submitted for ZWT III. I found this on allrecipes.com and it was submitted by YAC2004. The recipes introduction states: These cookies are like little bites of Christmas. Cinnamon and cardamom flavor these little shortbread nuggets.""
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
100 Cookies
Serves:
100

ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • In a large bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until smooth.
  • Beat in the eggs one at a time, stirring until light and fluffy.
  • Combine the flour, cardamom and cinnamon. stir into the sugar mixture just until blended.
  • Separate the dough into 6 balls.
  • Roll each ball into a rope about as big around as your finger on a lightly floured surface.
  • Cut into 1/2-inch pieces, and place them on an ungreased baking sheet.
  • Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned.
  • Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

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Reviews

  1. Just bagging them up for presents before I eat them all... Absolutely delicious! I added 1tsp black pepper and 4 Tbsp golden syrup (makes them crackled on top, but so moreish!) I found that I needed to add lots more flour.
     
  2. This recipe is great! I got over 100 cookies from it. The Dane at our New Year's party loved them. Said they tasted just like her mom used to make, but they were a little lighter colored than usual. I'll put them in the oven longer next time, because I will definitely be making these again. Thank you for posting this!
     
  3. This was a great recipe!
     
  4. I have the last batch in the oven now, and I absolutely love the smell of my apartment! It smells so spicy, and it really brings out the holiday spirit! The construction was ridiculously easy, and they were so quick in the oven. The flavor is spicy and sharp! The only thing is that my turned out fairly pale, even after leaving it in for an extra two minutes. Next time I might roll it in colored sugar or make a powdered-sugar glaze for a bit of visual appeal. but other than that, they are great gems to add to any cookie plate (or in this case, cookie jar ^_^)
     
  5. These were really simple to put together, and the cardamom is an awesome touch. The texture of the finished cookie was really nice, and the dough was easy to work with (not to mention clean up after) with only a little bit of flour on my hands. I love too that these bake up so quickly, which made this a perfect "large batch" cookie. I doubled this recipe and made three giant plates of cookies in what felt like no time, since by the time I had another tray ready to go in the oven, the first was done! I'll definitely be coming back to this recipe again.
     
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Tweaks

  1. My husbands grandma's recipe was a bit different and a harder cookie that was both great with coffee and addicting. No cardamom. #1 brown sugar 4-5 cups flour 1 cup creamed butter 3-4 eggs 1/4 tsp cloves 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ginger 2 tsp cinnamon 4-7 tsp of ANISE SEED!
     

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I live in beautiful San Diego where there's never nothin to do. We almost never have days where you can't get outdoors. For fun I love to read, cook, take road trips with my grandson, whom I raise. Take long walks along the beach, bays and lakes. My live in grandson is 12 and the light of my life. I've been teaching him to fish, or should I say I'm exposing him to lake fishing, the people we meet along the way are teaching him while I read and watch. He's dying to go ocean fishing, that one makes me a bit more nervous, but we'll start that soon, probably from piers to start. Nick's only one of my grandchildren though, I have a total of 13, three live in Kansas, the land of Oz. The last time I visited them, it was Christmas time and when I stepped off the plane, the cold air took my breath away and standing there waiting for me in a short-sleeved T-shirt, was my son-in-law. Needless, to say, I spent many days there staying indoors praying for the day I could get back to sunny California -- I never had to endure snow the whole time, thank God! Twenty degrees daily was way out of my comfort zone by a very large margin. There truly is no place like home. I have 8 other grandchildren that are fortunate enought to live in San Diego too. We spend weekends doing things together such as taking in the zoo, wild animal park, Sea World, Knotts Soak City water park (summer), museums, fishing, picknicking and just hanging out. They all love to help grandma cook in the kitchen. I have many cookbooks and can read them like I'd read a novel. My passions are my family, my two boston terriers, Tuffy and Oreo, and gardening, cooking and reading -- oh yeah, I'm totally addicted to Zaar. I don't really have many pet peeves, but a biggie is mean, obnoxious people and those who think they know it all, and liars, I can pick out a deceitful person it an instant. If you can't trust someone, then nothings worth salvaging in the relationship. I hate those who disrespect the environment (no I'm not a tree hugger) but I do hate to see people litter and fail to do simple things such as picking up after themselves in the outdoors such as parks and beaches, and how easy is it to recycle? It's really not too difficult to make an impact on the environment if everybody takes responsibility for their "trash."
 
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