Lebkuchen
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + Chilling + Setting
- Easy
- Makes 20
Ingredients
- 200ml runny honey
- 85g butter
- 225g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 75g ground almonds
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- a pinch mixed spice
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 125g icing sugar
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.
