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.