I'm going to share this with my wife because that sounds right up her alley. She likes ginger snaps and gingerbread. I need to ask my mom if my grandmother or great grandmother used to make that type of stuff because they were out of Minnesota in Chisholm. I don't ever remember them making something like that though.
Pb, molasses, dark chocolate chip with walnuts, and not real cookies- but oat cakes in no particular order.
My dad would love this recipe, it seems similar to the anise cookies he has described from his childhood. (German heritage in small farm town Missouri)
Variations on pfeffernusse are common all over germany. The big thing to remember is the cookie is mostly a vehicle, you can play around with the spices to make it to your liking. Using the fresh ginger gives it a very zingy ginger taste. You could leave the ginger out entirely and add finely ground anise seeds on top of the anise extract and make a very solid anise tasting cookie.
Sweet ones, with different fruit and/or nut fillings. Gma always made a variety but there were always apricot, plum, and strawberry ones. She also made very dense, liquor soaked fruitcakes. Those were gifts each year to my mom and aunts/uncles. My mom was 1 of 13 kids, so it was a lot of baking.
Yeah I talked to my mom the other day and made mention of them. She had given me a bunch of her cooking implements and says that I've got her original stuff to make those. They really are my favorite Christmas cookie. Those three shapes in the picture are exactly what she always made, and if I had the hazard I guess she had the same kit your mom had.My mom still makes these. One of my favorite traditional Christmas cookies. She also stores the press in the original box which definitely looks like it's from the 80's.
My mom still makes these. One of my favorite traditional Christmas cookies. She also stores the press in the original box which definitely looks like it's from the 80's.
