Potash (potassium carbonate) is an old leavening agent that gives crisp, pale biscuits. Today it can be replaced with a small amount of baking soda.

Why "white" pepper nuts?

They contain no syrup and are baked only pale, so they turn out light in colour – unlike the brown syrup pepper nuts.

White Pepper Nuts

Pale pepper nuts from 1900 without syrup: melted butter, sugar, cream, flour, potash, cloves and pepper are worked together, shaped into nuts and baked pale. The third of three pepper-nut variants.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken & Caroline Steen, Kogebog for skole og hjem, 1900-utg. s. 262 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Den tredje av tre peppernøttvarianter: en lys variant uten sirup, hevet med potaske og krydret med nellik og pepper. Fra «Kager» i «Kogebog for skole og hjem» (1900). Merk originalens «Pebbernødder» med dobbel b.

How to make it

1
Melt the butter
Melt and clarify the butter.
2
Work the dough
Work all the ingredients well together into a dough. Use as little extra flour as possible when rolling out.
3
Shape and bake
Set the dough as nuts on a greased baking tray and bake them pale.

Changes from the original

Priser er utelatt og mål gjort metriske. «potaske» (kaliumkarbonat) er beholdt med forklarende notat; det er et gammelt hevemiddel som kan erstattes med litt natron.

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Frequently asked questions

What is potash?: Potash (potassium carbonate) is an old leavening agent that gives crisp, pale biscuits. Today it can be replaced with a small amount of baking soda.
Why "white" pepper nuts?: They contain no syrup and are baked only pale, so they turn out light in colour – unlike the brown syrup pepper nuts.

Equipment for this dish

Stand mixer →Erken kneaded and whisked by hand for ages – a stand mixer does the work for you.Engrospris.no

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