Christmas Peppernuts Recipe

Ingredients for Christmas Peppernuts

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 tablespoon hot water
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3-½ cups sifted bread flour

Instructions

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. Add more flour if necessary to make a dough stiff enough to roll.
3. Roll out until the dough is about one-eighth inch thick.
4. Cut in tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in a quick oven (400 degrees F.) Until brown.
5. Roll at once in powdered sugar.