When I call these cookies spiced whole wheat and oats cookies, I mean that they are really spiced. They contain an assortment of various spices that gives the cookies a unique flavour and mouthfeel.
Inspiration-
Many years ago, a friend gifted me a pack of Pfeffernusse, a spiced cookie, popular in Germany, especially during the Christmas period. Pfeffernusse literally means ”pepper nuts” in German, referring to the ground pepper that is added to the cookie dough. These cookies are popular in Netherlands and Denmark as well and can be found under different names. The recipes may vary slightly, but all of them contain an assortment of aromatic spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, mace etc. These cookies are sometimes rolled in powdered sugar or dipped in icing.
When I first tasted those cookies, it was an explosion of flavours. The spices really came through and created an exciting mouth feel. But all good things come to an end and before long the pack was empty.
The taste, though lingered on and inspired me to come up with a batch of my very own cookies that reflected the spiciness of the Pfeffernusse. Of course, as in most of my bakes, I used whole wheat flour and also added some jumbo oats to the mixture. I had some blackstrap molasses at home and added that as the sweetener. I also kept it eggless and substituted butter with oil. In other words, the recipe reads nothing like the original Pfeffernusse. It’s only the spiciness that is reflected in my spiced whole wheat and oats cookies.
And yes, these cookies would make a great addition to your Christmas baking too!
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Recipe card-
Spiced whole wheat and oats cookies
Ingredients
- 1¼ cup plain whole wheat flour (atta)
- 5-6 tbsp jumbo oats
- ⅔ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¾ tsp ground pepper
- ⅓ tsp nutmeg
- 3 cloves, ground
- ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 5 tbsp blackstrap molasses or black treacle
- 4 tbsp sunflower/vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup milk
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, oats, cinnamon, pepper, nutmeg, cloves and soda.
- In another bowl, whisk together the molasses, oil and milk.
- Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and tip in the molasses mixture.
- Fold in with a spatula until everything just comes together. Do not over mix.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for at least two hours.
- Pre heat the oven at 170 deg C and line a baking tray.
- Make 26-27 balls of the mixture and arrange on the lined tray, a little apart from each other. If they don't fit in one tray, and you need to bake in batches, keep the unused cookie dough in the fridge until needed.
- Very slightly press down the tops of the balls.
- Place the tray in the centre of the pre heated oven an bake for about 22-24 minutes.
- Remove the tray from the oven and cool for a minute.
- Transfer the cookies to a cooling tray and cool completely.
- Take some icing sugar in a bowl and roll the cookies in it.
- Store in air tight containers.
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Sunita
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