• 4½ C sifted flour
• ¼ t soda
• 1 t each: cloves, nutmeg, salt
• ? t cinnamon
• ¼ t black pepper
• 2 t anise seed
• 4 eggs slightly beaten
• 2 C (packed brown sugar)

Combine eggs and brown sugar. Add dry ingredients and mix. Shape into walnut-sized balls and put on greased baking sheet. Let stand overnight covered with towel. Bake 20 to 25 minutes (350°). Shake few cookies at time in paper bag with confectioner's sugar. Keep tightly covered. Become softer the longer kept.