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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Trader Joe's Pfeffernüsse Cookie Mix for Gwenny's Hermit Holiday Cookies

I love Trader Joe's. It's the best snack store in the world! There are really specific items I go there for-Korean Green Onion Pancakes, Plantain Chips, Olive Tapenade and Cocobon Wine and this little goody around the holidays - Pfeffernüsse Cookie Mix. The cookies are ok, but I made a recipe with this box mix that is knock your socks off, holiday magic! But it all starts with the mix! 

There are these cookies from New England called Hermit's. I have wanted that taste and texture all winter long. I made a recipe from Cook's Illustrated that I got years ago for Hermit cookies. But they weren't really the soft chewy texture I was looking for. Instead, they were more like plain old Ginger Bread. Don't get me wrong! I love Ginger Bread. But I was going for the taste and texture of something else so it was kind of a let down. 

Then I remembered that I had this little mix in the cupboard. I added this and that, a little bit of love and whole lot of holiday magic and voila! I had a really hard time deciding on a name for these little treats. So I made sort of a mash up title. Either way, it all starts with this special mix from Trader Joe's.


Gwenny's Pfeffernüsse Hermit Holiday Cookies

Ingredients:

Trader Joe's Pfeffernüsse Cookie Mix 
1 Large Egg
1 Stick of butter
1/4 Cup Molasses
1/2 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1/4 cup currants
`1/4 cup golden raisins
1/4 cup candied ginger

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325
Whip butter until creamed
Add Egg and Cookie Mix, beat again with mixer
add heavy cream and molasses and beat again
fold in currants, raisins and ginger
Create evenly sized cookie balls 
put on a parchment lined cookie sheet and sprinkle with sanding sugar
and bake in the pre-heated oven for exactly 13 minutes!
Voila! You will have the chewiest, tastiest Christmas cookies ever!