Christmas Lebkuchen (Honey And Ginger Cookie) Recipe
Christmas Lebkuchen (German Honey And Ginger Cookie) Recipe
Ingredients
- 250 g plain flour
- 100 g honey
- 80 g butter or margarine
- 100 g ground almond
- 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 heaped tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 orange zested
- 2 orange slices juiced
For the icing
- 120 g icing sugar
- 2-3 tbsp water
Instructions
- For the cookies:Weigh out all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Add the orange zest and squeeze the juice out of two orange slices by hand. Melt the honey end the butter in a pan over low heat and pour the mixture over the dry ingredients. Start mixing by hand. If it’s too sticky for some reason add more flour. If it’s too dry and you notice big cracks when you’re kneading the dough, add some more honey and butter combo or more orange juice. Let it cool down a little, I normally put it in the fridge for an hour. Roll it out and cut the cookies with your preferred cutter. I cut holes into them with the help of a regular plastic drinking straw, for hanging them. Preheat oven to 175C and place the cookies on the baking tray covered with baking paper. Bake them for 10 minutes and they should be ready. They burn very easily, be careful. If the cookies are thicker, you can add 3-5 minutes more to the baking time.For the icing:The typical ratio is approximately 1 cup of sugar (120g) to 2-3 tablespoons of water.Mix icing sugar with water in a bowl until you get the desired thickness of the sugar paste. If you’re just dipping the cookies, a weak and watery icing will do it. If you want to decorate the cookies with writing, make the paste thicker.
