Pepper cookies recipe

These are my Nonni's Italian Pepper Cookie. Can you guess the secret ingredient? Yes, it really is black pepper.

Friselle are my signature housewarming gift. My friends have deemed them "addictive", and claim to throw parties just so I will re-stock their stash.

They’re too good. Too good for my own good! If you can imagine the perfect ginger snap or molasses cookie—only soft and chewy—these would come as close to the top of the list as you can get! Just my opinion, of course. But I can’t quit making them and I can’t quit eating them! The […]

These are my absolute favorite cookies. A friend in college had received a huge tin of homemade cookies from her mother and a version of these cookies were inside, along with many other types of cookies. I had never heard of black pepper cookies before and loved the unique flavor-sweet & buttery, with a slight kick from the pepper. I searched for years to find the recipe and finally found it in a Watkins spices cookbook several years ago. I make these every year for the holidays and everyone…

A chocolaty, fudgy cookie with a twist. This is one more of the Italian cookie recipes handed down from my husband's side of the family. These cookies are very popular in Italian neighborhoods.

These are my Nonni's Italian Pepper Cookie. Can you guess the secret ingredient? Yes, it really is black pepper.

All Norwegian homes "must" serve at least 7 kinds of cookies at Christmas. This recipe is different from other pepperkaker recipes on this web site because it calls for cream and does not use eggs.

Black Pepper Cookies (Paprenjaci) - traditional Croatian cookies dating back to 16th century during the Renaissance. They are made with honey, walnuts, black pepper and spices like cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.

If you've lived in Northeast Pennsylvania most of your life, chances are at some point you've had a pepper cookie, a holiday staple if ever there was one among the region's Italian families.