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German Lebkuchen
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HILARY2000
"A German honey Christmas cookie made with molasses."
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Ingredients
8 h 20 m servings 120Original recipe yields 36 servings (3 dozen)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- In a large bowl, beat the egg, brown sugar and honey until smooth. Stir in the molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and allspice; stir into the molasses mixture. Stir in the almonds and candied fruit peel. Cover or wrap dough, and chill overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into 2x3 inch rectangles. Place cookies 1 1/2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until firm. While still warm, brush the cookies with the lemon glaze.
- To make the glaze: In a small bowl, stir together the egg white, lemon juice and lemon zest. Mix in the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Brush over cookies.
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Most helpful positive review
12/17/2010
My Grandmother always made these for us. So I took some tips from her. I put the dough in a plastic bag with flour to chill over night. When we are ready to make the cookies, we just take the ba...
Most helpful critical review
12/24/2003
well, I am no expert, but when I made the dough it was very very sticky - totally unrollable. Needed more flour. Then once the cookies are made, they are etremely sweet. not the traditional Ger...
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12/17/2010
My Grandmother always made these for us. So I took some tips from her. I put the dough in a plastic bag with flour to chill over night. When we are ready to make the cookies, we just take the ba...
12/19/2004
This is the second year I have used this recipe. The Lebkuchen turn out wonderful and my german father can't get enough of them, says they remind him of when he was a boy. My husband loves them...
12/3/2005
These cookies are the best, I made a double batch of cookies and 1 of icing and still had some left over. I am taking 3 dozen for our cookie exchange next week. I am very pleased with this recip...
2/21/2008
Though I'm only a little bit German, I first had Lebkuchen in German class. I didn't know what I thought of it at first but over the years I find to love it. I used this recipe for a German proj...
12/14/2011
Yummy, yummy! Dough is not intended to make fancy shapes. Also MUST chill for few hours before rolling out. I prefer to press dough out into floured jelly roll pan (not greased) and cut into ...
12/19/2013
I lived in Germany for 3 years and really miss good Lebkuchen from the Christmas Market, especially the one in Heidelberg. I Just tried this recipe and it's WAY better than I was expecting. Has ...
12/24/2003
well, I am no expert, but when I made the dough it was very very sticky - totally unrollable. Needed more flour. Then once the cookies are made, they are etremely sweet. not the traditional Ger...
1/16/2011
These Lebkuchen are delicious, but quite a bit of work. The dough was very tempermental but it could have been because I was trying to make little gingerbread-type people out of them. With eno...
12/29/2012
Was a little sweeter than I like. Would like to try it again with reduced amount of brown sugar.