Pfeffernüsse (spice cookies) | Christmas recipes | BakeClub

Ingredients

• 125g (4½oz) unsalted butter, softened slightly
• 110g (½ cup, firmly packed/4oz) dark brown sugar
• 1 lemon, zest finely grated
• 1 orange, zest finely grated
• 90g (¼ cup/3oz) honey
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• 40g (¼ cup/1½oz) finely chopped candied citrus rind / mixed peel
• 350g (2⅓ cups/12¼oz) plain flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon crushed aniseed
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• 125g (1 cup/4½oz) pure icing sugar, to dust