"Pepper Nuts" (pfeffernuesse)

Eleanor Meyer / Jane Martinson / Gramma Lucille / Aunt Barb

Ingredients

• 6 cups sifted flour, use 6 to 7
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda, dissolved in 3T sour cups
• 1 1/4 cups Karo, dark
• 1 cup sugar (half brown/half white sugar)
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs

Instructions

Warm sugar, syrup, shortening, and butter. Cool. Then add rest of ingredients. Add flour LAST. Roll small portions of dough into cookie sheet. Bake at 350°-375° for 8-10 minutes.

These take forever, but they're worth the trouble. This recipe is 1/2 of the original one. Jane said her Gramma used to make them on a wood stove--must have taken her whole day!