These cookies were wonderful, not too strong but still a bit spicy and nice and lite. One change I did end up making was to use honey rather than syrup (just didn't have any) and instead of putting them in the fridge overnight, I spooned small pile of dough onto the cookie sheet and then tapped them down with a glass dipped in sugar. worked great!

I didn't care for this cookie. Not much pepper taste. I got hit with the ginger and clove however. It's like a bad gingerbread recipe. I added extra flour to help with the consistancy. My cookies also spread way too much, so dropping the tempature to 325 may help. The end result was more of a cracker type than a cookie. I may try this again and reduce the amount of clove and add additional pepper. I was disappointed because I love pepper.

I found this recipe on this site about 6 years ago and have been making it every year since then. The original recipe called for 1 cup corn syrup. This makes the dough too sticky, even after refrigerating it for a full 24 hrs. I would like to try it with the 3/4 cup amount and see how it goes. Also, I would recommend adding an extra 1/2 cup flour to the recipe to combat the stickiness. I always cut the cookies into star shapes and as long as you add the extra flour, and use lots while rolling, the cookies retain their shape. I always decorate the cookies with colored icing afterwards to make them attractive to the kids, since they are a bit spicy. The spiciness is a GREAT touch though!

yummy! almost like a ginger bread, but a nice crisp cookie. I 'dropped' them instead of rolling - quick & easy.

This is my 18 year old son's absolute favourite cookie recipe. I note that the recipe has changed from 1 cup corn syrup to 3/4 cu syrup since I first printed it. This works better. The dough is sticky. Instead of rolling it, I drop it from a small scoop. It spreads into a nice circle. Much easier as well.

I added a bit more flour and thought these were wonderful. My family is Icelandic and everyone gobbled them up. Very nice!

The cookie dough did not hold together, even though I added extra flour (about 1/2 cup during mixing). It took me over three hours to bake these cookies because I had to keep putting the dough back in the refrigerator. I kept adding flour, flour, more flour and had to work with only enough dough for six cookies at a time. Even so, half the time, I couldn't get the cookies up off the surface to put onto the cookie sheet because they were too sticky. These cookies had a good taste, though. But obviously there is something wrong in the recipe.

These are really different! When MIL saw the recipe she insisted my DH would not like them. Guess what? She was wrong wrong wrong. DH will only eat two kinds of cookies....Toll House and these :) Update....DD did not like these last year but this year they were her favorite :D

This recipe does not call for enough flour. Unfortunately I didn't have the previous reviews to follow along with the recipe. After chilling the dough I realized there was no way this dough could be rolled so I stirred in 1/3 cup more flour and when I took these out of the oven they were gooey and flat. I had to throw them away. What a waste.

I loved these cookies and so did the people who tried them. The spices are great, though I don't understand why they're called pepper cookies as there is barely any pepper nor can I taste the pepper. I will definitely make these again. Modifications: As someone else suggested, I added about 1/4 cup additional flour. Also, since I hate rolling out dough, I rolled the cookies into balls and then flattened them with the bottom of a glass (another helpful suggestion I found here!) However, instead of using flour to make the glass not stick, I used a bit of water - so that the cookies wouldn't be tougher with added flour. It suggested to bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes I think, but I found that about 14 minutes was perfect for me.

This is a really nicely flavored cookie. I had some luck rolling out the dough using the no-handled bakers rolling pin, although next time I'd follow a previous reviewers advice and roll individual balls and flatten them with the bottom of a glass.

Because the dough is so sticky, I added 1/2 cup flour. I substituted dark Karo syrup for light and add 1/2 tsp. allspice. I used 1 1/2 inch cutter and spaced cookies 1 1/2 inches apart. I also shook the warm cookies in a bag with powdered sugar. Every person who tried these cookies raved about them. Of the 7 kinds of cookies I made this Christmas, this cookie was by far everyone's favorite.

I had mixed results with this recipe. The dough was extremely sticky, and virtually impossible to roll and shape. It was so soft, in fact, that the cookies spread and lost their shape in the oven, so that small circles became large flat disks. I ended up cooking much of the dough by rolling it into balls and then flattening them with a glass. On the plus side, the flavor was quite unusual and enjoyable; my friends seemed to really like them, at least in part because of the "exotic" flavor.

My mother in-law came over while I was baking these cookies. She took one look at the recipe and informed me her son would not like these. Well, I'm happy to report he DID :) And he is very selective about which sweets he will eat. These are very unusual. Enjoy!

These are great cookies! The dough was sticky but after having it in the fridge overnight and rolling with flour it wasn't bad. Tastes sort of like a mild gingerbread with a peppery kick. I will definitely be making these at Christmas (served with a little mulled wine)

Wonderful flavor with a hint of 'something different.'

These cookies are similar in taste to the Pfeffernusse I've made before, but even after chilling overnight, the dough was too soft and sticky, and impossible to roll out. Could there have been a misprint in the measurements?

Dough was a little sticky and hard to roll out. I had to keep adding flour and put back in the refrigerator while a batch was baking. Cookies were very tasty. We made them for my son's class project. He had to make a food from Iceland. Was glad to find this recipe on the internet that was relatively easy to make.

Dough extremely