CWS4322
Chef Extraordinaire
I probably should delete the ingredients list and update it according to my grandma's recipe book and the recipe I made today. We'll see if the cookies turn out (provided I don't eat all the dough....).
wow I cant wait to try these out!
Can I contribute too?
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Hershey's Very Chocolate Chocolate Cookies
I add chopped Macadamia nuts, splurge, it's a holiday.
These are called Peppernuts in my family. I don't know where my Swedish grandmother got the recipe, but she would always make these and send glass jars filled with them to anyone who couldn't make it home for Christmas. I'm sending some to my parents.
1 c water
1/2 c Karo dark syrup (I tried using the Golden Corn Syrup one finds in Canada--they weren't the same)
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cardamon
1 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 T baking soda
1 lb butter
2-1/2 c brown sugar
7-8 c flour
1.Cream butter, sugar, and syrup.
2. Add water.
3. Mix spices and baking soda with about 1 c of the flour--add to creamed mixture.
4. Add remaining flour. Divide into two pieces. Form a log about 2" x 2" x 8" and wrap in waxed paper. Freeze until firm.
5. To slice cut 1/8 inch thick slices. Cut these into 12-16 pieces (about the size of a square dime, if there were such a thing!).
6. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 5-7 minutes at 400.
Watch carefully, they burn! These are crisp little cookies (and yes, I like to slice the dough and eat that too!).
This is WRONG. The recipe should be:
1/2 c (2 sticks) softened butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c Karo dark syrup
1/2 tsp soda dissolved in 2 tsp warm water
1/2 - 1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp ground cardamon
1/4 tsp ground black pepper.
2-1/2 c flour, sifted
1. Cream butter and sugar, add Karo syrup and soda.
2. Sift flour and spices.
From Step 4 on it is right. Don't know where I came up with the measurements in that recipe. I have my grandma's original handwritten card here.
PS I add the grated zest of one orange to the creamed mixture. My twist on her recipe. I have Ginger extract, so added that. There is no reason why one could not use this as a base and play with the flavours--lemon instead of orange, etc.
I love the dough frozen. I could see adding it to homemade ice cream...
Can I contribute too?
View attachment 23482
Hershey's Very Chocolate Chocolate Cookies
I add chopped Macadamia nuts, splurge, it's a holiday.
This is WRONG. The recipe should be:
1/2 c (2 sticks) softened butter
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 c Karo dark syrup
1/2 tsp soda dissolved in 2 tsp warm water
1/2 - 1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp ground cardamon
1/4 tsp ground black pepper.
2-1/2 c flour, sifted
1. Cream butter and sugar, add Karo syrup and soda.
2. Sift flour and spices.
From Step 4 on it is right. Don't know where I came up with the measurements in that recipe. I have my grandma's original handwritten card here.
PS I add the grated zest of one orange to the creamed mixture. My twist on her recipe. I have Ginger extract, so added that. There is no reason why one could not use this as a base and play with the flavours--lemon instead of orange, etc.
I love the dough frozen. I could see adding it to homemade ice cream...
These Peppernuts, as you call them, are a popular German Christmas cookie, aka Pfeffernüsse.
Dusted in powdered sugar right?
Yes, that's what my MIL's recipe says. Interesting - her recipe is very different from CWS's. No corn syrup or brown sugar - it uses granulated sugar and molasses instead.
No, they are not anything like German Pfeffernüsse. They look like these:
http://imgarcade.com/1/peppernuts/
These are cut into tiny squares/rectangles, baked for about 8 minutes, and eaten by the handful--literally. I have to hide the mason jars.
I will dig out the family recipe for Pfeffernüsse. I made them a few times and they were popular with the family, but now I am paring things down to only our favourites.