National Pfeffernusse Day

The German spice cookie that barely anyone outside German-American communities bakes and should.

National Pfeffernüsse Day on December 23 celebrates the traditional German and Dutch Christmas cookie: small, dense, spiced balls dusted in powdered sugar or white icing. Pfeffernüsse (pepper nuts) are made with black pepper, anise, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and sometimes dried citrus peel, then r