Originally Posted by
meanmom
My grandma always made Pfeffernusse cookies. I never like them as I don't like anise. I have never tried, but they sound like they would be good if you just omitted the anise.
I have not had these cookies, although I am of German ancestry. I'm with you on anise flavor, also I don't like a strong clove taste either. My maternal great grandfather came from Germany to this country. He married an English woman, though. My paternal ancestors were English. The man I married had some native American blood in his ancestry. So my only child is quite a mixture.