3/4 c Butter
1 ts Freshly ground pepper or
-black pepper
3/4 ts Cinnamon
1/4 ts Ground cloves
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
1 c Castor sugar
1 Egg lightly beaten
1 1/2 c Self raising flour
3/4 c Good cocoa
Heat oven to 190 degrees. Lightly grease baking sheet. Cream butter,
pepper, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla. Beat in sugar and continue
beating until light and fluffy.
Beat in the egg. Sift flour and cocoa into bowl and blend dry
ingredients thoroughly with the butter and sugar mix until a firm
dough.
Lightly flour hands and roll spoonfuls of the dough into balls about
2cms. Put on a baking sheet and press. Place in centre of oven and
cook for 12 minutes. Cool for a minute on tray and cool on cake rack.
When cool, store in airtight container.
Try with dessert, great with coffee of tea (from the North Coast, of
course).
~ Try these cookies – great after dinner with coffee, or anytime!
Maybe warn the children about the black pepper before letting them
try!
Yields
1 servings