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Pfeffernusse Cookies Recipes

​ ​Bring the warmth of the holidays to your kitchen with these Pfeffernusse Cookies — classic German Christmas Cookies filled with cozy spice and rich molasses flavor. These Spiced Molasses Cookies are the perfect Traditional European Cookies for your Holiday Baking Recipes collection. Soft, aromatic, and nostalgic, they’re the Old-Fashioned Christmas Cookies everyone will love to share! ​ ​

A holiday dessert with a little international flair! You only need one bowl to make these dense, cake-style Pfeffernusse Cookies. The powdered sugar pulls together these sweet treats filled with extra spices! Try this fun recipe for your Christmas cookie exchange!

Pfeffernusse (German Spice Cookies)
Pfeffernusse (German Spice Cookies)

Gluten Free Pfeffernusse Cookies Recipes

Craving something sweet? These Classic Pfeffernusse Spice Cookie Balls blend warm spices and a hint of molasses for an easy holiday treat. A must-try dessert.

It wouldn't be Christmas without Pfeffernusse cookies in our house. These delicious German spice cookies will dance in your mouth. They start out soft and mild and as they are stored, their flavors develop and they harden, making them like a biscotti, the perfect dunking cookie. Great for cookie exchanges, gifting and shipping these cookies. A no butter cookie recipe that hopefully will become your own family tradition. Recipe via @thefreshcooky

Pfeffernusse Cookies
Pfeffernusse Cookies
Classic Pfeffernusse Spice Cookie Ball
Classic Pfeffernusse Spice Cookie Ball

Pfeffernusse Cookies Recipe In English

Pfeffernusse Holiday Cookies are classic pepper nut Christmas cookies rolled in powdered sugar for a nostalgic spice cookie that works beautifully on any holiday cookie platter. This recipe is great for holiday baking with kids and makes an easy edible holiday gift basket addition for festive gifting and Christmas cookie exchange events.

the recipe for traditional german spice cookies is shown on a wooden board with red and white checkered tablecloth
the recipe for traditional german spice cookies is shown on a wooden board with red and white checkered tablecloth
German Spice Pfeffernusse Cookies Recipe (aka pepper nut Christmas cookies!)
German Spice Pfeffernusse Cookies Recipe (aka pepper nut Christmas cookies!)

German Christmas cookies come in every spice level and pfeffernusse sit at the warm end. White pepper and honey give them the bite, and a sugar glaze sets them for gifting. A reader recipe on Oma's site with full measurements in cups and milliliters. Fill a tin for the neighbors. Get the recipe.

Pfeffernusse Cookies Recipe With Anise

Pfeffernusse Cookies | If You Give a Blonde a Kitchen

Make the best tasting spiced Christmas cookie of all time: traditional German Pfeffernusse are the humble cookie with unbeatable flavor you can't miss. Serve them with a cup of good Earl Grey or coffee for the coziest Christmas cookie you'll want to make year after year. Get the recipe at Bakingwithtradition.com

German Christmas cookies with a peppery bite, iced pfeffernusse for the cookie tin
German Christmas cookies with a peppery bite, iced pfeffernusse for the cookie tin
a plate full of cookies with the title text overlay reads, prepfernuise christmas cookies
a plate full of cookies with the title text overlay reads, prepfernuise christmas cookies
Traditional Pfeffernusse are the best spice cookie ever and so easy to make
Traditional Pfeffernusse are the best spice cookie ever and so easy to make
Pfeffernüsse — Tiny German Spice Cookies with a Snowy Lemon Glaze
Pfeffernüsse — Tiny German Spice Cookies with a Snowy Lemon Glaze
Pfeffernusse Cookies - I Heart Eating
Pfeffernusse Cookies - I Heart Eating
Pfeffernuesse
Pfeffernuesse
Pfeffernusse
Pfeffernusse
Pfeffernusse German Spice Cookies
Pfeffernusse German Spice Cookies
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the ingredients for a cake sitting on top of a white paper sheet in front of a wooden table
Pfeffernusse Cookies (Peppernuts)
Pfeffernusse Cookies (Peppernuts)

Pfeffernüsse are little round German "pepper nut" cookies with a warm spice kick, a tender honey-sweetened crumb and a crackly white glaze. They mellow and soften in the cookie tin, so bake them early and let Christmas come to them. Save this old-fashioned recipe — one batch fills the whole tin! #ad — As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Pfeffernusse cookies are a traditional German Christmas cookie that are made with molasses, warm spices, and a pinch of white pepper.

Pfeffernuesse

German Mennonite Pfeffernusse Cookies, otherwise knows as peppernuts, are a crunchy spiced treat filled with clove, cardamom, and ginger.