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Fire up those ovens, today is National Pfeffernusse Day! These hard, round cookies incorporate spices like cloves, black pepper and cinnamon for a festive, wintry flavor. This nutty take on ...

It's a week until Christmas. Do you know where your elf is? For Shawna Gerry's two daughters, that's no easy question to answer. The Jackson photographer has been delighting in taking photos of her ...

Cook's notes: Baker's ammonia or ammonium carbonate, is used as a leavener, lighter and airier than baking soda. Weiss considers it crucial to the recipe. It smells strong until it is baked. We found ...

1. In a bowl, whisk the cinnamon, cloves, coriander ginger, nutmeg, white pepper, cardamom, anise, salt, and baking soda to blend them. Add the flour and whisk well until thoroughly blended. 2. In a ...

For me, for almost half a century, it's exactly the same every year. It's the day the pfeffernusse arrive. They're spicy little German Christmas cookies named for their pepper and nuts -- a completely ...

Pfeffernusse are small, firm peppery balls often served with tea or cocoa. Traditional recipes call for black pepper - the name, after all, means "pepper nuts" - and a host of other spices. We kept ...

In other farmers’ market news, the Sustainable Food Center Farmers’ Market Downtown will remain open during the Formula One weekend. The Saturday before Thanksgiving is typically the market’s ...

Bake your way through the holidays with AP's 12 Days of Holiday Cookies. The series features 12 delicious cookies, with each building on the skills mastered in the previous day's cookie. By the end of ...

23 December is National Pfeffernusse Day, a day reserved for the celebration of the very popular German spiced cookie. This cookie is a popular snack during the holidays. It’s a fluffy cookie, made ...