Lebkuchen
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- Total Time
- 25mins
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- Serves
- 15
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- Calories
- 203
This is a traditional German biscuit similar to gingerbread. You can swap the icing topping for melted chocolate.
recipe updated 30 May 2024
Ingredients
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- Egg white
- 1
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- Honey
- 200 g
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- Butter
- 85 g
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- Plain flour
- 250 g
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- Ground almonds
- 85 g
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- Ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons
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- Ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon
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- Baking powder
- 1 teaspoon
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- Bicarbonate of soda
- ½ teaspoon
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- Ground cloves
- 1 pinch
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- Ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch
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- Black pepper
- 1 pinch
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- Icing sugar
- 100 g
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- Water
- 2 tablespoons
Tools
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Oven
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Parchment paper
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Kenwood Chef
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Saucepan
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Small bowl
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Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
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Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
Step preview
- Line a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
- Pre-heat oven - 180°C
- Add honey and butter to a clean saucepan
- Heat until melted - medium heat
- Attach K Beater
- Add plain flour, ground almonds, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, ground cloves, ground nutmeg and black pepper to the Kenwood Bowl
- Pour the honey mixture into the Kenwood Mixing bowl
- Mix - 1 min, Speed Min
- Transfer the dough into a medium bowl, cover and let cool
- Roll the dough into balls about 3 cm across
- Flatten each ball to make a dome shape and place on a baking tray
- Bake - 15 min, 180°C
- Let cool on round wire rack
- Add icing sugar, egg white and water to a clean small bowl and mix
- Dip each of the biscuits into the icing and let dry
- Serve