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Peppernuts
Recipe courtesy of Beatrice Ojakangas

Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup light or dark brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
1 cup ground toasted filberts or almonds
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon freshly ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In the large bowl, cream the butter


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with the sugar using an electric mixer. Add the egg and ground nuts. In another bowl, mix the flour
with the baking powder, soda, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg. Blend the dry
ingredients into the creamed mixture until a stiff dough forms. Shape the dough into a ball. (At
this point, you can wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate it to develop the flavor, for up
to a week). Cut off a portion of the dough at a time and roll between your hands and a lightly
floured work surface to make slim, ropes about 1/2-inch thick. Place 4 or 5 ropes on an ungreased
cookie sheet. Cut ropes into 1/2-inch pieces using a sharp, small knife. Separate the pieces. Bake
for 8 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned and dry. Remove from the oven; cool on the
baking sheet.

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