---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.03
  
       Title: PFEFFERNUSSE (PEPPER BALLS)
  Categories: German, Cookies, Desserts
       Yield: 12 servings
  
       4 c  Flour; Unbleached, Unsifted
       1 ts Baking Powder
       1 ts Cinnamon
       1 ts Cloves; Ground
     1/2 ts Mace
       1 ts Allspice; Ground
       1 x  Black Pepper; As Desired
   1 1/4 c  Honey
       2 tb Butter; (No Margarine)
       2 ea Eggs; Large
       1 c  Confectioners' Sugar
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 x  ; Water
  
   Sift flour, baking powder and spices together.  Heat
   honey and butter until butter melts.  Cool to lukewarm
   and beat in eggs.  Add flour mixture.  Chill dough 1/2
   hour.  Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place on
   greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15
   minutes.  Cool Cookies on wire racks.  Mix
   confectioners sugar, vanilla, and water to form a thin
   glaze.  Dip cookies in glaze and place on wire rack to
   dry. Store cookies in airtight tins.
   Makes 4 dozen cookies.
  
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