PFEFFERN#SSE

      Title: PFEFFERN#SSE
  Categories: Cookies, German
       Yield: 1 Batch
  
       3 c  Flour, sifted
       1 ts Baking powder
     1/4 ts Salt
     1/2 ts Cinnamon
     1/4 ts Allspice
     1/4 ts Cloves, ground (done by
            -hand, if possible, for
            -stronger taste)
     1/4 ts Nutmeg  ("Yuck!", Grandma
            -always "forgot" to add it)
     1/4 ts Mace
       3    Egg; beaten light
     3/4 c  Sugar
       1    Lemon; juice & grated rind
     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.
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