Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
pepper-nut cookies
German translation:
Pfeffernüsse
Added to glossary by
Maya Jurt
Jan 3, 2002 14:01
22 yrs ago
English term
Richard C Schettler
pepper nuts cookies
Non-PRO
English to German
Other
My grandmother used to make pepper nut cookies which I think she called pfeffernuse.
Proposed translations
(German)
| 4 -2 | Pfeffernuse |
Maya Jurt
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| 5 +5 | Pfeffernüsse |
Dr.G.MD (X)
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| 5 +2 | Pfeffernüsse |
Rasha Brinkmann-Yahya
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| 4 +1 | Pfefferkuchen |
Thomas Bollmann
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| 5 | Pfeffernuesse |
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| 5 | Pfeffernuesse |
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| 5 | Pfeffernuesse |
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| 5 | Pfeffernuesse |
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| 5 | Pfeffernuesse |
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| 5 | Pfeffernuesse |
Christine Healy-Rendel (X)
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Proposed translations
-2
13 mins
Selected
Pfeffernuse
Here is the recipe:
RecipeSource: Pfeffernuse
... ----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05 Title: Pfeffernuse Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c Granulated sugar 1 ts ...
www.recipesource.com/desserts/cookies/20/rec2037.html
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Note added at 2002-01-03 14:18:22 (GMT)
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Originally, it seems to be an Amish recipe, that is why I could not find any german link. Italians seem to make those cookies as well.
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Note added at 2002-01-03 17:00:57 (GMT)
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Title: Pfeffernuse
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings
2 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Ground ginger
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground cloves
1/3 c Dark molasses
1/3 c Butter or margarine; melted
1 Egg
Confectioner\'s sugar
Preheat oven to moderate (375 degrees). Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon,
ginger, baking powder, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cloves in large bowl. Stir
in molasses and butter with wooden spoon. Mix in egg until blended (the
dough will be stiff). Shape into 1\" balls, using about 1-1/2 teaspoons per
cookie. Place 1\" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated
moderate oven (375 degrees) for 10 to 12 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center of cookie comes out clean; cookies will crack. Remove
cookies to wire rack. Roll in confectioners\' sugar while still warm and
return to rack to cool completely.
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Note added at 2002-01-03 18:34:51 (GMT)
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For Michaelas information:
http://www.iamccreliefsale.org/food.htm
Pfeffernuse (a traditional Amish anis-flavored cookie)
The Amish emigrated from thre triangle Alsace/SouthernGermany, Switzerland to the States and they spoke German. As for Pfeffernüsse, this is an assumption which might be correct, but I do not know. For there are no nuts in the cookie.
RecipeSource: Pfeffernuse
... ----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05 Title: Pfeffernuse Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings 2 1/4 c All-purpose flour 1/3 c Granulated sugar 1 ts ...
www.recipesource.com/desserts/cookies/20/rec2037.html
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Note added at 2002-01-03 14:18:22 (GMT)
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Originally, it seems to be an Amish recipe, that is why I could not find any german link. Italians seem to make those cookies as well.
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Note added at 2002-01-03 17:00:57 (GMT)
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Title: Pfeffernuse
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 36 servings
2 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c Granulated sugar
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 ts Ground ginger
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground cloves
1/3 c Dark molasses
1/3 c Butter or margarine; melted
1 Egg
Confectioner\'s sugar
Preheat oven to moderate (375 degrees). Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon,
ginger, baking powder, salt, pepper, nutmeg and cloves in large bowl. Stir
in molasses and butter with wooden spoon. Mix in egg until blended (the
dough will be stiff). Shape into 1\" balls, using about 1-1/2 teaspoons per
cookie. Place 1\" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated
moderate oven (375 degrees) for 10 to 12 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center of cookie comes out clean; cookies will crack. Remove
cookies to wire rack. Roll in confectioners\' sugar while still warm and
return to rack to cool completely.
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Note added at 2002-01-03 18:34:51 (GMT)
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For Michaelas information:
http://www.iamccreliefsale.org/food.htm
Pfeffernuse (a traditional Amish anis-flavored cookie)
The Amish emigrated from thre triangle Alsace/SouthernGermany, Switzerland to the States and they spoke German. As for Pfeffernüsse, this is an assumption which might be correct, but I do not know. For there are no nuts in the cookie.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Respondent provided translation and also recipe. I was able then to provide same to older relatives who are not i-net literate. Many thanks."
+1
3 mins
Thomas Bollmann
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Professional musician and translator
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, Spanish to German, German
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66
Pfefferkuchen
My Grandma told them "Pfefferkuchen", it's a kind of "Lebkuchen", I loved them
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Note added at 2002-01-03 14:19:19 (GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot, Pfefferkuchen has nothing to do with cake, the name is misleading, they are cookies
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Note added at 2002-01-03 14:19:19 (GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot, Pfefferkuchen has nothing to do with cake, the name is misleading, they are cookies
Reference:
+5
11 mins
Pfeffernüsse
I think that is what is Grandma and Richard have in mind.
Lots of tasty little cookies - a Kuchen would be a cake.
Enjoy !
Lots of tasty little cookies - a Kuchen would be a cake.
Enjoy !
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kim Metzger
: Yummi!
1 min
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| agree |
Ursula Peter-Czichi
: Spicy little cookies
50 mins
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| agree |
Alison Schwitzgebel
2 hrs
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| agree |
Uwe Kirmse
: Yes, but Pfefferkuchen is the same, it's not a cake! These words are used regionally.
2 hrs
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| neutral |
Michaela Müller
: Agree with Uwe - Kuchen here isn't cake!
3 hrs
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| agree |
Uschi (Ursula) Walke
: see pictura at URL oasis.gasligtmedia.com/dutchoven/bakery.htm
19 hrs
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1 hr
Pfeffernuesse
pepper nut cookies means Pfeffer Nuss Kekse, but the German name for it is Pfeffernüsse, spelled also Pfeffernuesse for those who can't find a ü on their Keyboard. They are little dry cookies, a kind of gingerbread (Lebkuchen / Honigkuchen) and are defenetively German Christmas Cookies.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
1 hr
Pfeffernuesse
pepper nut cookies means Pfeffer Nuss Kekse, but the German name for it is Pfeffernüsse, spelled also Pfeffernuesse for those who can't find a ü on their Keyboard. They are little dry cookies, a kind of gingerbread (Lebkuchen / Honigkuchen) and are defenetively German Christmas Cookies.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
1 hr
Pfeffernuesse
pepper nut cookies means Pfeffer Nuss Kekse, but the German name for it is Pfeffernüsse, spelled also Pfeffernuesse for those who can't find a ü on their Keyboard. They are little dry cookies, a kind of gingerbread (Lebkuchen / Honigkuchen) and are defenetively German Christmas Cookies.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
1 hr
Pfeffernuesse
pepper nut cookies means Pfeffer Nuss Kekse, but the German name for it is Pfeffernüsse, spelled also Pfeffernuesse for those who can't find a ü on their Keyboard. They are little dry cookies, a kind of gingerbread (Lebkuchen / Honigkuchen) and are defenetively German Christmas Cookies.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
1 hr
Pfeffernuesse
pepper nut cookies means Pfeffer Nuss Kekse, but the German name for it is Pfeffernüsse, spelled also Pfeffernuesse for those who can't find a ü on their Keyboard. They are little dry cookies, a kind of gingerbread (Lebkuchen / Honigkuchen) and are defenetively German Christmas Cookies.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
If you need a recipe http://paml.alastra.com/recipes/german/default.html offers a couple of different ones (in English). The spelling is different from the "German" spelling, so the English spelling is probably Pfeffernuse.
+2
2 hrs
Rasha Brinkmann-Yahya
Native in English
&
German
19 years of experience.
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Italian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
Pfeffernüsse
Pfeffernüsse
Ingredients:
500 g Flour
3 level teaspoons baking powder
300 g sugar
2 eggs
6 tablespoons milk
1 pinch of each of the following:
ginger powder, ground gloves, nutmeg, white pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
scraped skin of ½ lemon and ½ orange
60 g grated almonds
30 g candied lemon peel cut in very small cubes
For the icing:
Mix 200 g sifted powdered sugar with
2-3 tablespoons hot water
Preparation:
Mix flour and baking powder and sift it. Press a pit in the middle, put eggs, sugar, milk and the spices in there and mix it with a part of the flour/baking powder mix. Then add the remaining ingredients on top of it and knead it to a smooth dough. Roll it out to a 1 cm thick layer. Cut out little circles of a 2-3 cm diameter, place them on a greased cookie sheet and bake them in the pre-heated oven. After they cooled off, put the icing on the cookies.
Heat: 180 degrees Celsius
Baking time: approx. 20 minutes
There is a units conversion on the proz.com site, where you can look up the measurements, if you live in the US.
Guten Appetit! :-)
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Note added at 2002-01-03 17:03:08 (GMT)
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Make the icing after the cookies are out of the oven, it may get too thick, if it stands around for too long. Also, leave the cookies outside for a couple of days (only if it is not too humid in your area), before storing them in a tin can.
Ingredients:
500 g Flour
3 level teaspoons baking powder
300 g sugar
2 eggs
6 tablespoons milk
1 pinch of each of the following:
ginger powder, ground gloves, nutmeg, white pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
scraped skin of ½ lemon and ½ orange
60 g grated almonds
30 g candied lemon peel cut in very small cubes
For the icing:
Mix 200 g sifted powdered sugar with
2-3 tablespoons hot water
Preparation:
Mix flour and baking powder and sift it. Press a pit in the middle, put eggs, sugar, milk and the spices in there and mix it with a part of the flour/baking powder mix. Then add the remaining ingredients on top of it and knead it to a smooth dough. Roll it out to a 1 cm thick layer. Cut out little circles of a 2-3 cm diameter, place them on a greased cookie sheet and bake them in the pre-heated oven. After they cooled off, put the icing on the cookies.
Heat: 180 degrees Celsius
Baking time: approx. 20 minutes
There is a units conversion on the proz.com site, where you can look up the measurements, if you live in the US.
Guten Appetit! :-)
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Note added at 2002-01-03 17:03:08 (GMT)
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Make the icing after the cookies are out of the oven, it may get too thick, if it stands around for too long. Also, leave the cookies outside for a couple of days (only if it is not too humid in your area), before storing them in a tin can.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michaela Müller
27 mins
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| agree |
Maya Jurt
: I think Richard should try out the two recipes and decide what his grandmother made.
4 hrs
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1 day 11 hrs
Pfeffernuesse
The answer is definitely Pfeffernuesse. I'm 100% sure about this; I'm a native German and just recently ate them at Christmas time. Pfeffernuesse are cookies, not a cake. They are made out of gingerbread and usually have a white powdersugar coat (sometimes they are chocolate-covered as well).
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