Mom's Lebkuchen
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- Number of Servings: 60
Ingredients
1 cup honey1 cup molasses (mild flavor)1.5 cups brown sugar2 eggs2 tablespoons lemon juice2 teaspoons lemon rind5.5 cups flour1 teaspoon baking soda2 teaspoons ground cinnamon2 teaspoons ground nutmeg2 teaspoons ground allspice2 teaspoons of cloves (use less if desired)1 container citron (I guessed 6 ounces)1 container red cherries (guessed 6 ounces)2 cups golden raisins2/3 cups chopped pecans1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
Combine the honey and molasses in a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Set aside and let cool. Combine the brown sugar, eggs, lemon juice and lemon rind in a large pan; add the honey & molasses mixture to it.
Combine the dry ingredients in a very large pan and add the wet ingredients. Chill overnight. Allow the batter to come to room temperature; it will be VERY stiff until it warms up. Divide the batter into four pieces of dough. Using the confectioner's sugar to lessen the stickiness, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thickness. Use a 1-inch or 2-inch cookie cutter (actually I use a coffee cup dipped in the confectioner's sugar) and place on a lightly greased (I use Pam) cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees from 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies briefly on a cookie sheet and remove to cooling rack. Place cooled cookies into a large airtight container with wax paper and slices of raw apples between each layer of cookies.
The apples help in the softening process -- be warned, they will deteriorate, because the softening process takes 2-3 weeks in the airtight container. The cookies will literally be like hockey pucks when they are freshly baked and cooled. You must give them at least one week to ferment!
Recipe makes approximately five dozen cookies.
Number of Servings: 60
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THEADMIRAL.
Combine the dry ingredients in a very large pan and add the wet ingredients. Chill overnight. Allow the batter to come to room temperature; it will be VERY stiff until it warms up. Divide the batter into four pieces of dough. Using the confectioner's sugar to lessen the stickiness, use a rolling pin to roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thickness. Use a 1-inch or 2-inch cookie cutter (actually I use a coffee cup dipped in the confectioner's sugar) and place on a lightly greased (I use Pam) cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees from 12 to 14 minutes. Cool cookies briefly on a cookie sheet and remove to cooling rack. Place cooled cookies into a large airtight container with wax paper and slices of raw apples between each layer of cookies.
The apples help in the softening process -- be warned, they will deteriorate, because the softening process takes 2-3 weeks in the airtight container. The cookies will literally be like hockey pucks when they are freshly baked and cooled. You must give them at least one week to ferment!
Recipe makes approximately five dozen cookies.
Number of Servings: 60
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user THEADMIRAL.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 135.6
- Total Fat: 1.1 g
- Cholesterol: 7.1 mg
- Sodium: 9.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 29.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
- Protein: 1.6 g