I discovered Wegman’s in grad school in Syracuse and it was absolutely weekend-night entertainment for baby foodie me!
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Don’t feel bad. We don’t do nights out at all. Or date nights. My husband and I walk & talk daily, and that’s our bonding time. Also the occasional board game and great british baking show episode…Nights out are for the young.
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We are from Ontario and first time we stopped at Wegman we ordered two of those sandwiches filled with cold cuts not realizing how huge they were at least 8" long. From that time on only 1 shared. Havent been in states for a long time.
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Thanks for being a good sport 
I know I was prying.
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All good… We make each other happy and try to enjoy each day we have together.
The memory loss does worry me, but for now she is fine.
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You seem to take good care of each other. The best thing in life, in my humble opinion, is a partner to do life with. My H and I met in college, and have been married for 26yrs. He’s still my best friend, my most loyal supporter, and the person who knows all my secrets.
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She must have had outstanding past karma to have you by her side now; and you are doing some of the best karma ever. May the fruits return to you many-fold, in this and other planes of being.
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I have a family recipe for Pfeffernüsse / peppernuts from Grandmother (who grew up speaking German at home, her parents were immigrants). I’m interested to see if “Chef John” has a similar recipe. Edited to add - His is quite a bit different with spice combination and what he describes as “soft” texture. Here’s my family’s recipe - which are VERY firm / crunchy/ nut-hard when baked… My Mom liked these with anise, no nuts. I prefer nuts, no anise. My grandfather liked them rolled to round shape and would drop the baked cookie in hot coffee to soften it, then eat the cookie from a spoon with sips of coffee. Two options for shaping the cookies - either slice/bake as flat coins, or slice and roll to round, nut-shape.
Pfeffernuesse
¾ cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup dark Karo corn syrup
2 eggs
1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in a little milk
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon allspice
½ teaspoon anise seed (optional)
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
8 cups flour (approximately), until stiff enough to roll dough into a log
Mix all ingredients. Roll into several small 10 – 12 inch long logs – about the diameter of a nickel or your thumb knuckle. Wrap logs in waxed paper and refrigerate 8 hours. Slice about 1/4 inch and bake on ungreased cookie sheets, approximately 10 minutes at 350 degrees F., until cookies are light golden brown. OK to space only a finger-width apart, since these don’t spread much (if at all) while baking. May also slice thickly, roll slices into balls about ¾ inch diameter and bake.
Makes about 18 dozen small flat cookies (or 9 - 10 dozen ball-shaped cookies).
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Thank you for the recipe, I copy/pasted it to a word doc and saved. I’ll definitely try your family recipe at a later date.
My grandmother used to make this hard biscuits with anise, which I enjoyed. So, I’ll probably add the anise.
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What timing! Dorie published a Cranberry Spice Bundt recipe in NYT Cooking, with a pretty pink glaze no less. I think I’ve found my holiday party cake!
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The anise is essential!
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a healthy pile!
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They are delicious! I have packed them all to mail off. I’m going to have to make some more.
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Yes. And I’d be happy to send you my address hahahaha 
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Me, too!!!
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WOW. A dream to have homemade!
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Candied ginger shortbread from King Arthur. I do a TON of sifting through recipes when I make Christmas cookies, but what frequently happens is I change my mind at the last minute when I stumble upon a fabulous, must-make recipe I somehow hadn’t found before.
That’s what this is.
It’s incredibly easy and very, very tasty. The recipe has a glaze - mainly for visual appeal, I think - and I’m torn about adding it. It makes two pans, so I might glaze one and not the other, just for kicks.
One thing to note if you make this: you need to cut it while still warm, which I almost failed to do. I used a pizza cutter.
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