Recipes · German · Bakery
Pfeffernüsse (Spiced Pepper Cookies)
One serving has 260 kcal and 4 g protein. Ready in 105 minutes.

- Preparation: 90 min
- Cooking: 15 min
- Makes: 1 serving (71.1 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, honey
Ingredients
- 25 g Flour, all-purpose
- 12 g Sugar, brown
- 8 g Honey
- 8 g Butter, unsalted
- 6 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 0.5 g Baking soda
- 0.3 g Cinnamon
- 0.1 g Cloves
- 0.1 g Allspice
- 0.1 g White pepper
- 8 g Sugar, powdered
- 3 g Water
Method
- Makes 3 cookies as one serving; multiply the ingredients by 12 for a batch of about 36. Warm the honey slightly, then beat with the brown sugar, butter and egg until smooth.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and white pepper to make a firm dough; chill for 1 hour.
- Roll into 3 small balls and place on a lined tray.
- Bake at 170 °C (340 °F) for 12-15 minutes until just firm; cool completely (they harden further as they cool).
- Whisk the powdered sugar with the water to a thin glaze.
- Dip the top of each cooled cookie in the glaze and let set before serving.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 260 kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 45.9 g | |
| Water | 13.4 mL | |
| Fiber | 0.93 g | 3% |
| Protein | 3.5 g | 7% |
| Tryptophan | 0.04 g | |
| Threonine | 0.11 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.13 g | |
| Leucine | 0.25 g | |
| Lysine | 0.12 g | |
| Methionine | 0.07 g | |
| Cystine | 0.07 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.18 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.11 g | |
| Valine | 0.16 g | |
| Histidine | 0.08 g | |
| Fat | 7.3 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 2.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.47 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.34 g | |
| Saturated | 4.3 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 39.5 mg | |
| Calcium | 24.2 mg | 2% |
| Copper | 0.05 mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1.4 mg | 8% |
| Magnesium | 8.3 mg | 3% |
| Manganese | 0.31 mg | 17% |
| Phosphorus | 42.2 mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 60.7 mg | 1% |
| Selenium | 10.7 µg | 19% |
| Sodium | 151 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.29 mg | 4% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.2 mg | 18% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.16 mg | 15% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.5 mg | 11% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.23 mg | 5% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.03 mg | 2% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 49.2 µg | 12% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.07 µg | 3% |
| Choline | 19.6 mg | 5% |
| Vitamin A | 64.4 µg | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 0.11 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 4.9 IU | 1% |
| Vitamin E | 0.32 mg | 2% |
| Vitamin K | 0.89 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.1 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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