Pfeffernuesse: (Pepper nuts or Ginger-bread nuts)

1 lb sugar
1 lb flour
1/4 lb citron
1/4 lb almonds
4 eggs
1 tsp each cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg [ground]
Grated rind of 1 lemon
1/2 tsp hartshorn crystals [avail. at drugstores]
Beat together the eggs and sugar until light. Sift together the dry
ingredients and add the hartshorn crystals which have been crushed well. Let
dough stand overnight. Next day, form balls the size of a large walnut.
Make a thin mixture of powdered sugar and milk and brush it on the cookies .
Flatten them slightly, bake at 300 F until brown, possibly 20 minutes.