VOLUME 1 - Kilimanjaro Foods

you are using apples or damson plums, dust fruit with cinnamon and
sugar, otherwise just with sugar. Fold the dough over to enclose the
fruit and arrange the dumplings in a baking dish with a buttered
bottom (3 1/2 Tbsp butter per dumpling) . Bake at medium heat for 35
to 40 minutes, until light brown. Remove from oven and tip onto a
board for cooling. Brush with melted butter shortly before cooling.
Serves 4.
Pfeffernuesse (Pepper Nut Cookies)
6 Servings
3 c flour,sifted
1 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t allspice
1/4 t cloves (done by hand,Ground
- if pos,s, for stronger ta
1/4 t nutmeg (yuch!,grandma
-always forgo,t to add it)
1/4 t mace
3 eggs,beaten light
3/4 c sugar
1 juice and rind 1,Grated -
lemon
2/3 c nuts,Chopped
Measure flour and sift with baking powder, salt, and spices. Add sugar
slowly to beaten eggs and stir in lemon juice and grated lemon rind.
Add dry ingredients and nuts and mix well. Refrigerate 2 hours. Roll out
1/2" thick and cut with tiny cutter 3/4" round. Let cookies stand over
night in cool place on ungreased cookie sheet. Just before baking, put a
drop of brandy on each cookie. Bake brandy side up
[don'tcha just love it?] in 300 deg F oven for 1/2 hour. Cool thoroughly
and place in tightly covered jar.