December 23 is National Pfeffernüsse Day!
To many cultures, the holidays wouldn’t be complete without festive pfeffernüsse (pron.: fef-fer-noos-a). This tempting, traditional, tiny spice cookie appears in profusion just around the time the snow flies in Germany, Denmark, and The Netherlands, as well as in and around Mennonite communities in North America. What is Pfeffernüsse? Popular since the 1850s, pfeffernüsse , also called pepernoten in Dutch, is linked to the December 5th feast of Sinterklaas in […]
