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      Title: Pfeffernüse
 Categories: Cookies, German
      Yield: 36 Cookies
 
  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; melted
      1    Egg
           Confectioner's sugar
 
  Preheat oven to moderate (375°F). 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 ts per cookie. Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie
  sheet. Bake in preheated moderate oven (375°F) 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.
 
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