Lebkuchen
lebkuchen
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 egg
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup cut-up citron
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts
Instructions
- 1
Heat honey and molasses to boiling in 1-quart saucepan; remove from heat and cool completely.
- 2
Mix honey-molasses mixture, brown sugar, lemon peel, lemon juice and egg in large bowl with spoon.
- 3
Stir in remaining ingredients except citron, nuts and Glazing Icing.
- 4
Stir in citron and nuts.
- 5
Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
- 6
Prepare Glazing Icing.
- 7
Heat oven to 400º. Grease cookie sheet.
- 8
Roll one-fourth of dough at a time 1/4 inch thick on lightly floured cloth-covered surface.
- 9
Cut into rectangles, 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches.
- 10
Place 1 inch apart on cookie sheet.
- 11
Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until no indentation remains when touched in center.
- 12
Brush Glazing Icing lightly over hot cookies.
- 13
Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
- 14
Cool completely.
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