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Lebkuchen (German Gingerbread Cookies)

Name: Lebkuchen (German Gingerbread Cookies)
Prep time: 720 min
Cook time: 29 min
Total time: 749 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Germany
Ingredients: honey 250 g; brown sugar 100 g; all-purpose flour 350 g; almonds, ground 80 g; eggs 2 pieces; ground cinnamon 8 g; ground cloves 2 g; ground ginger 5 g; ground cardamom 2 g; candied orange peel 60 g; lemon zest 5 g; baking soda 5 g; powdered sugar glaze 100 g

Spiced honey cookies with almonds and orange peel, glazed with sugar.

749 minutes · 10 servings · Moderate

Lebkuchen are the German answer to gingerbread, baked for Advent and sold by the heart at Christmas markets, which is why they come in those shapes. The dough leans on honey, nuts and spices rather than on flour, and it keeps for weeks without going stale. A sugar glaze goes on while the cakes are still warm, so that it sets into something like a thin shell.

Ingredients

honey250 g
brown sugar100 g
all-purpose flour350 g
almonds, ground80 g
eggs2 pieces
ground cinnamon8 g
ground cloves2 g
ground ginger5 g
ground cardamom2 g
candied orange peel60 g
lemon zest5 g
baking soda5 g
powdered sugar glaze100 g

Directions

1
Warm honey and brown sugar 4 minutes; cool 5 minutes.
2
Mix honey mixture, flour, almond, eggs, spices, citrus and baking soda into a stiff dough; rest 12 hours.
3
Roll to 5 mm thick; cut into rounds.
4
Bake at 180C for 12 minutes.
5
Glaze with powdered sugar icing.

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