Pfeffernüsse

The German cuisine has at least three kinds of pepper nuts. In northern Germany they are a hemispherical - like gingerbread cookies. Their diameter is approximately six to eight inches. The german bakery knows the Pfeffernuss as protein biscuits. They are offered and eaten especially during the Advent season. In Saxony there are small gingerbread without casting.

Pepper is usually not included in them, the gingerbread dough in northern Germany, however, is spicy. As with Gingerbread, which are also called " gingerbread ", the name probably goes back to the Middle Ages, when the exotic spices were generally referred to as "pepper". The outside of the gingerbread is usually provided with a white frosting. In recent times, often finds the smooth underside with an extra chocolate coating. Special ginger nuts are coated with sugar or pink are also decorated with sugary love beads.

In southern Germany the dough with candied peel, almonds often produced. He has to dry overnight and has after baking ideally a nice "feet ".

In Saxony there are small, about 3 inches measured, non-coated gingerbread, which are cut and baked by a rolling pin. This gingerbread nuts appear slightly angular or with a smooth cutting edge. They are relatively dry and develop their distinctive taste for it while chewing.