RSS

Lebkuchen

A plate of shaped biscuits with white icing on top, set on a wire rack

Try our lebkuchen biscuits then check out our spiced Christmas biscuits and Christmas market recipes to recreate at home.

  • 1037
  • Total time 1 hours
  • Note + Chilling + Setting
  • Difficulty Easy

Ingredients

  • runny honey 200ml
  • butter 85g
  • plain flour 225g, plus extra for dusting
  • ground almonds 75g
  • ground ginger 2 tsp
  • ground cinnamon 1 tsp
  • mixed spice a pinch
  • bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp
  • icing sugar 125g

Method

  • Step 1

    Warm the honey and butter together in a small pan until combined.

    Step 2

    Put the remaining ingredients, except the icing sugar, in a bowl, and pour over the melted butter. Combine until a sticky dough forms, wrap in baking paper then chill for 1 hour.

    Step 3

    Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured worksurface to 1cm thick, then cut into 5cm biscuits using heart, star or round cookie cutters. Transfer to baking-paper-lined trays with a little space around each one, and bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden and risen slightly. Cool completely on a wire rack.

    Step 4

    Mix the icing sugar with 5 tsp of water to make a smooth icing, and spoon over the top of each biscuit. Leave to set for 1 hour. They will keep in an airtight container for up to four days, or wrap in recyclable gift bags to give as presents.

Head here for more festive bakes

[image id="64776" size="landscape_thumbnail" align="none" title="Christmas Dessert Recipe For Custard Tart Recipe with Eggnog" alt="Christmas Dessert Recipe For Custard Tart Recipe with Eggnog" classes=""]

Nutritional data

  • kcals 152
  • fat 5.8g
  • saturates 2.4g
  • carbs 22.6g
  • sugars 13.8g
  • fibre 0.6g
  • protein 2.2g
  • salt 0.2g


  • Digg
  • Del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • RSS

0 comments:

Post a Comment