Categories: Cookies 
      Yield: 1 servings 
  
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine                 1 ts Baking powder 
      1 c  Light brown sugar*                1/2 ts Salt 
      2    Eggs                              1/2 ts Black pepper 
      1 ts Vanilla                           1/4 ts Nutmeg 
    1/2 ts Lemon extract                     1/4 ts Cloves 
    1/2 ts Anise extract                     1/8 ts Mace 
  2 3/4 c  Sifted flour                             Confectioners sugar 
  
  * firmly packed 
   
   Just the smell of these cookies baking is enough to get you in the holiday 
  spirit. 
   
   In a large mixing bowl, cream butter with brown sugar. Beat eggs and 
  extracts. In another bowl, add sifted flour and mix baking powder, salt, 
  pepper and spices. Gradually add flour butter mixture, mixing well after 
  each addition. Chill 2 hours or overnight. 
   
   Preheat oven to 375Ü. Shape dough with two teaspoons into ovals and place 
  on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes. Carefully remove cookies 
  from baking sheets to wire racks and sprinkle with confectioners sugar. 
  Cool and store in airtight containers. These cookies keep well and mellow 
  with age. They're their best about 5-8 days after baking. 
   
  Yield: about 5 dozen. Martina Boudreau, St. Louis, MO 
   
     Randy Shearer