Lebkuchen

Ingredients

• a cupful of butter
• one of sugar
• two cupfuls of honey
• a generous handful of blanched almonds
• a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• a scant teaspoonful of soda
• Mix with flour until the dough is as stiff as for ginger cookies.

Method

1. 1

   Take a cupful of butter and one of sugar, pour over them two cupfuls of honey heated to the boiling point.

2. 2

   Add a generous handful of blanched almonds, a grated nutmeg and a teaspoonful of cinnamon.

3. 3

   Dissolve a scant teaspoonful of soda in water and add to the ingredients.

4. 4

   Mix with flour until the dough is as stiff as for ginger cookies.

5. 5

   Roll out like cookies.

6. 6

   Cut into oblong cakes and bake until well browned.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Rural cook book (1907), page 77. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lebkuchen. — Take a cupful of butter and one of sugar, pour over them two cupfuls of honey heated to the boiling point. Add a generous handful of blanched almonds, a grated nutmeg and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. Dissolve a scant teaspoonful of soda in water and add to the ingre- dients. Mix with flour until the dough is as stiff as for ginger cookies.

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