Pepper Nuts

By kjs1010

Ingredients

• 1 cup lard or crisco
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup dark Karo syrup
• 1/2 jar ground anise
• 2 eggs
• salt to taste (1/4 tsp)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• flour to roll, about 4-4 1/2
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves

Preparation

Step 1

Mix all ingredients together. Roll into balls and bake in 400 oven, 7-12 minutes.

Similar recipe in Betty Crocker X-mas cookbook, page 15.

Instead of ground anise you may use anise extract about 1/2 tsp