Pfeffernüße

Ingredients

 * 2 cups brown sugar
 * 2 eggs
 * 1 tsp. baking soda
 * 1 Tbs. hot water
 * 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts              or almonds)
 * 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
 * 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
 * 3 cups sifted all-purpose flour.
 * 1 cup powdered sugar (for rolling cookies in)

Directions
Mix the sugar with the well-beaten eggs. Add the soda dissolved in hot water, the nuts and sift in the spices with the flour. Add more flour if needed to make a dough stiff enough to roll. Roll out until the dough is about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into tiny rounds about as large as a quarter of a dollar and bake in oven at 400° F until golden brown. Take out and roll at once in powdered sugar.

NOTES: Grind nuts fine.