Lebkuchen

Name: Lebkuchen
Ingredients: Two pounds of butter; one of lard; heat a gallon of honey; a teacup of ARM AND HAMMER SODA (or Saleratus); one of allspice; one of cinnamon; a quarter teacup of cloves; one of sweet milk; two nutmegs; two teaspoonfuls of black pepper; two pounds of chopped almonds; two of citron; Add pastry flour enough to make a soft dough

From Arm & Hammer Soda book of valuable recipes, 1900

These German cakes improve with age and should be made in large quantities.

Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Arm & Hammer Soda book of valuable recipes (1900) by Church & Dwight Co, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEBKUCH EN. Two pounds of butter and one of lard, mixed, heat a gallon of honey ; add a teacup of ARM AND HAMMER SODA (or Saleratus), one of allspice, one of cinnamon, a quarter teacup of cloves, one of sweet milk, two nutmegs, two teaspoonfuls of black pepper, two pounds of chopped almonds and two of citron. Add pastry flour enough to make asoft dough

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