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Lebkuchen

Lebkuchen

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

These soft German biscuits are made with honey and flavoured with ginger, cocoa and seasonal spices. You can ice them with a sugar glaze or with chocolate- whichever you prefer. Delicious with a hot cup of tea or coffee.

Preparation Time 30 minutes
Baking Time 15 minutes
Portions 25
Skill Level Medium
Average Rating 5 stars
 

Lebkuchen Ingredients

250 grams Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly) Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
75 grams Almonds (ground)
2 tsp Ginger (ground)
1 tsp Cinnamon
pinch Cloves (ground)
pinch Nutmeg (ground)
2 tsp Cocoa Powder
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
200 grams Honey
75 grams Butter
100 grams Mixed Peel
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Additional Ingredients

To decorate

100 grams Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon) Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon)
100 grams Chocolate (Silver Spoon Create) (plain)
 

This recipe uses

  • Plain White Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
  • Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon)

How to make Lebkuchen

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  1. Weigh out the flour, almonds, spices, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder into a medium bowl.
  2. Melt the honey and butter in a pan over a low heat until the butter melts, then pour it over the flour and spice mixture. Mix well until the dough is combined and fairly stiff. Cover and leave to cool for 30 minutes.
  3. Heat oven to 180°C/fan160°C/Gas Mark 4. method tip
  4. Shape the dough into about 20 fat golf ball sized balls. Place on baking trays lined with baking parchment, leaving room for them to expand. Flatten each one to make a round biscuit about 1 cm thick. Bake for 15 minutes until just tinged brown on the edges, then cool on a wire rack.
  5. Mix the icing sugar with a few teaspoons of water until you have a smooth, runny consistency. Dip the top of half of the biscuits in the icing and leave to set.
  6. Melt the chocolate in a microwave on medium power for I minute, or until melted. Dip the top of the remaining biscuits in the chocolate then leave to set. method tip
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Reviews

Read all reviews (1) | Average rating: 5 stars

"Have Made these 3 times now, everyone loves them! They taste better that the ones you can get at the shop, though I prefer coating them with just icing rather than icing and chocolate."

10-01-2013 | Author: helenwhogirl | 5 stars

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