How do these pepper nuts differ from the others in the book?

This is a rich, stirred variant with butter, cream, almonds and candied peel. The book also has "brown" pepper nuts boiled on syrup and "white" pepper nuts without syrup.

What is meant by "specerier"?

"Specerier" is an older word for spices – here pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cloves as the ingredient list specifies.

Pepper Nuts

A stirred, rich pepper-nut dough from 1900 with butter, sugar, egg yolks, cream, almonds, candied peel and spices, shaped into little balls and baked brown. The first of three pepper-nut variants.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken & Caroline Steen, Kogebog for skole og hjem, 1900-utg. s. 261 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Den første av tre peppernøttvarianter i boken: en rik, rørt variant med smør, fløte, mandler og sukat, formet til små kuler. Fra «Kager» i «Kogebog for skole og hjem» (1900).

How to make it

1
Cream the butter
Cream the butter white and stir in the sugar and the egg yolks.
2
Add the rest
Stir in the cream, the scalded, chopped almonds, the small-cut candied peel, the spices and the flour to a dough.
3
Shape and bake
Set the dough as small balls on a greased baking tray, and bake them brown.

Changes from the original

Priser er utelatt og mål gjort metriske. «specerier» (krydder) er spesifisert som pepper, ingefær, kanel og nellik slik listen angir. «theske» → ts.

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Pebernødder. 250 ~~g smør.~~ gr. smør . . . . . . . . . kr. 0.25 375 ~~g sukker.~~ » sukker . . . . . . . . . » 0.18¾ 3 ~~stk egg (plommene brukes i deigen). 1,25 dl fløte (1900: fløde).~~ æg . . . . . . . . . . . . . » 0.21 1¼ dcl. fløde . . . . . . . . . » 0.10 50 g gr. mandler ~~(skoldet og hakket).~~ . . . . . . . . » 0.12 25 g » sukat ~~(småskåret). 0,5 ts pepper.~~ . . . . . . . . . . » 0.06 ½ theske peber . . . . . . . . » 0.00½ 1 ts — ingefær ~~(malt).~~ . . . . . . . . . » 0.01 1 ts — kanel ~~(malt).~~ . . . . . . . . . . » 0.01 1 ~~ts nellik (malt). 500 g hvetemel (1900:~~ — nelliker . . . . . . . . . » 0.01 ½ ~~kg). Rør smøret hvitt og rør inn sukkeret og eggeplommene.. Rør inn fløten,~~ kg. hvedemel . . . . . . . . » 0.20 kr. 1.16¼ Smørret røres hvidt, irøres sukkeret, æggeblommerne, fløden, de ~~skoldede,~~ skollede, hakkede ~~mandlene,~~ mandler, den ~~småskårne sukaten, krydderne~~ smaaskaarne sukat, specerierne og ~~melet til en deig.. Sett deigen~~ melet. Sættes som ~~små kuler på~~ smaa kugler paa smurt ~~stekeplate, og stek dem~~ plade; steges brune.

Note on Modernised

Priser er utelatt og mål gjort metriske. «specerier» (krydder) er spesifisert som pepper, ingefær, kanel og nellik slik listen angir. «theske» → ts.

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Frequently asked questions

How do these pepper nuts differ from the others in the book?: This is a rich, stirred variant with butter, cream, almonds and candied peel. The book also has "brown" pepper nuts boiled on syrup and "white" pepper nuts without syrup.
What is meant by "specerier"?: "Specerier" is an older word for spices – here pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cloves as the ingredient list specifies.

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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