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     Title: PFEFFERNUSSE (PEPPER BALLS)
Categories: German, Cookies, Desserts
     Yield: 12 servings

     4 c  Flour; Unbleached, Unsifted
     1 ts Baking Powder
     1 ts Cinnamon
     1 ts Cloves; Ground
   1/2 ts Mace
     1 ts Allspice; Ground
     1 x  Black Pepper; As Desired
 1 1/4 c  Honey
     2 tb Butter; (No Margarine)
     2 ea Eggs; Large
     1 c  Confectioners' Sugar
     1 ts Vanilla
     1 x  ; Water

 Sift flour, baking powder and spices together.  Heat
 honey and butter until butter melts.  Cool to lukewarm
 and beat in eggs.  Add flour mixture.  Chill dough 1/2
 hour.  Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place on
 greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15
 minutes.  Cool Cookies on wire racks.  Mix
 confectioners sugar, vanilla, and water to form a thin
 glaze.  Dip cookies in glaze and place on wire rack to
 dry. Store cookies in airtight tins.
 Makes 4 dozen cookies.

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