Pebernødder Danish Cookie(Pebernødder )

By foodiva

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon mace (I couldn't find any in our local grocery store, so had to use nutmeg)
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• a generous pinch of white pepper
• 1 cup plus 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour, more if needed

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from 365daysofbakingandmore.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare one or two baking sheets by lining them with parchment.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
Add the egg and thoroughly incorporate.
Mix in the cardamom, cinnamon, salt, mace (or nutmeg), cloves and white pepper until completely blended.
Gradually add flour and mix well.
Lightly flour a clean work surface as well as your hands. Add a touch more flour to the dough if it's too sticky to handle.
Place dough onto the flour and removing golf ball sizes of dough, roll them into strands about 3/8-inch thick. Using a knife, cut dough into smaller pieces, about 1/2 teaspoon in size.
Place onto prepared baking sheet(s). They will spread slightly, but can be placed about 3/4-inch to an inch apart.
Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, until bottoms are lightly golden.
Cool for 15 minutes on the baking sheet and store in an airtight container.
Pebernødder is a tiny Nordic cookie traditionally served at Christmastime, flavored with spices and pepper. The Danish use white pepper and mace in theirs.

I really, really liked these Pebernødder cookies!
I thought they were going to be a bit heavy on the spice, but they were absolutely perfect. As you can see in the picture, they could have been left a touch longer in the oven as the bottoms are not as golden as I’d like. I took them out a touch early to be on the safe side because my oven is fickle and tends to burn, so maybe another 30 seconds to a minute would have been perfect.
They’re little and you can lose track of how many you’re eating, so be careful! ?