Lebkuchen: German Christmas Cookies

Lebkuchen: German Christmas Cookies

Lebkuchen are the perfect Christmas treat. These delicious spiced German cookies are delicious as a snack or even as an edible Christmas present!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine German

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Overnight resting time 12

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 94kcal

Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

100 ml clear runny honey
40 g butter
125 g plain flour
45 g ground almond
2 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Pinch ground cloves
Pinch nutmeg
Pinch black pepper
1 lemon zest use the zest of 1 lemon

Ingredients for the glaze

1 lemon juice
3 tablespoon icing sugar

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Put the honey and butter in a pan over a low heat and leave to melt.
Put all the other ingredients in a bowl.
When the butter has melted, pour into the bowl and mix well. It should all form one ball of fairly solid dough and come away from the sides of the bowl.
Cover and leave to cool. Ideally leave overnight. I waited 24 hours before moving onto making the biscuits.
Preheat the oven to 180°c. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.
Roll the dough into about 15 balls about 3cm wide. Squash so they are a little flatter. Put them on the baking tray.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 180°c. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Make the glaze by whisking the icing sugar into the lemon juice. Dip the biscuits into the glaze then return them to the wire rack.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

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