Peppernuts (a story)

Found in Dorothea's files:

Peppernuts were a must at Christmas time. Dad found a recipe in the magazine Successful Farming that he made one year and we used it ever after. It was a large recipe -- 11 coups of flour and Dad liked a liberal amount of Anise Oil.

The old farmhouse that we lived in until I was about 13 years old had a nice, big, back porch where the milking equipment was kept before the milk house was built. The kitchen had a wood burning cook stove that really heated up the kitchen when a lot of baking was done.

One year stands out in my memory. I sliced the rolls of peppernut dough and filled the pans on the back porch where the cool temperature kept the dough from getting sticky. Someone else did the baking in the kitchen.

Peppernuts did not crumble, so as went out to chore, we grabbed a handful or two and put them into our pocket to munch on as we worked.