Christmas Peppernuts

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 3½ cups sifted bread flour
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Method

1. 1

   Mix the sugar with the well-beaten eggs, add the soda dissolved in hot water, the nuts, and the spices sifted with the flour.

2. 2

   Add more flour if necessary to make a dough stiff enough to roll.

3. 3

   Roll out until the dough is about one-eighth inch thick.

4. 4

   Cut in tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in a quick oven (400° F) until brown.

5. 5

   Roll at once in powdered sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHRISTMAS PEPPERNUTS 2 cups brown sugar i cup chopped nuts 2 eggs 2 teaspoons cinnamon I teaspoon soda i teaspoon nutmeg I tablespoon hot water 33^ cups sifted bread flour Mix the sugar with the well-beaten eggs, add the soda dissolved in hot water, the nuts, and the spices sifted with the flour. Add more flour if necessary to make a dough stiff enough to roll. Roll out until the dough is about one-eighth inch thick. Cut in tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in a quick oven (400° F.) until brown. Roll at once in powdered sugar. NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 131 SWEET-MILK DOUGHNUTS I tablespoon butter or fat 3 teaspoons baking-powder 1 cup sugar i teaspoon salt 2 eggs I teaspoon nutmeg I cup milk Flour Beat the eggs till very light, add the sugar and when foamy add the melted butter or fat. Sift the baking-powder, salt and nut- meg with one cup of flour and stir into first mixture, alternating with the milk so as to keep the mixture smooth. Add just enough flour to make a soft dough which can be handled. Roll out three- fourths inch thick on a lightly floured board. A soft dough makes light, tender doughnuts when cooked. Fry in deep fat and drain on unglazed paper. Test the fat for temperature or by using a thermometer. Fat should never smoke, as this produces harmful by-products. Roll the doughnuts in powdered sugar just before serving. SOUR-MILK DOUGHNUTS I cup sugar ^ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon sour cream Yz teaspoon cinnamon 2 eggs Yi teaspoon nutmeg I cup sour milk Flour Yz teaspoon soda !Mix the sugar with the cream and add the beaten eggs and sour milk. Sift the soda, salt and spices with one cup of flour and add to the first mixture. Add additional flour to make a dough just stiff enough tc handle. Toss on a floured board, roll out, and cut. Fry in deep fat. Test temperature of fat as in sweet- milk doughnuts. Drain on unglazed paper. When cold, roll in powdered sugar. CRULLERS Y\ cup butter or shortening 3^2 teaspoons baking-powder 1 cup sugar Ya teaspoon grated nutmeg 2 eggs Y2 teaspoon salt I cup milk Flour Cream the butter or shortening. Add sugar; then the well-beaten eggs. Sift the baking-powder, nutmeg, and salt with one cup of 132 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES flour and add alternately with the milk to the first mixture. Add additional flour to make a dough stiff enough to handle. Toss on floured board, roll one-half inch thick and cut into strips. Twist and fry in deep fat. Test temperature of fat as in sweet-milk doughnuts. Drain on unglazed paper and when cold roll in powdered sugar. This recipe makes about three dozen crullers. GINGERBREAD y2 cup molasses Yi teaspoon soda

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