Cookies "Lebkuchen" - A Step By Step Recipe With A Photo

I suggest you bake an exquisite yet easy-to-prepare Lebkuchen cookie. These orange, lemon and spice biscuits are traditional New Year's baked goods in Germany.

Cooking description:

If you love to delight your loved ones with delicious food, you should definitely learn how to make Lebkuchen cookies - traditional New Year's cookies made in Germany. Thanks to the spices, it turns out to be incredibly aromatic and spicy, which gives it a special festive taste. These cookies are best served with coffee, cocoa, or mulled wine. You can shape cookies with your hands, or roll out the dough and cut cookies using special molds.

Purpose: For an afternoon snack / For a festive table

Main ingredient: Fruit / Dough

Dish: Baking / Cookies / Sweet

Cuisine geography: German / European

Ingredients:

• Honey - 250 Grams
• Brown sugar - 250 grams
• Butter - 100 grams
• Flour - 500 Grams
• Cocoa - 2 Art. spoons
• Chicken Egg - 2 Pieces
• Lemon zest - 1 Piece
• Soda - 1.5 Teaspoons
• Orange zest - 1 Teaspoon
• Ground cinnamon - 0.5 Teaspoons
• Ground cloves - 0.5 Teaspoons
• Cardamom - 0.5 Teaspoons
• Nutmeg - 0.5 Teaspoons
• Coriander - 0.5 Teaspoons
• Cognac - 20 Milliliters (or vodka)

Servings: 6-7

How to make Lebkuchen Cookies

1. Mix honey with sugar and put in a water bath. Add butter and let it dissolve completely. 2. Add lemon and orange zest, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, coriander, a pinch of allspice. Stir well and add cognac. 3. Hold the mixture in a water bath until the sugar is completely dissolved. Then remove it from heat and cool slightly. Add baking soda and eggs, lightly beaten with a whisk. 4. Stir, add cocoa, sifted flour and mix with a mixer. Cover the dough with cling film and leave in the refrigerator for 2 hours. The dough should be fairly thick, but not tight. 5. Pinch off small pieces from the dough and form into cookies. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper,decorate with a nut and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. 6. Allow the cookies to cool completely and cover with melted chocolate. Enjoy your meal!