lebkuchen

Name: Lebkuchen
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) brown sugar, firmly packed; 3 large eggs; 1 cup(s) walnuts, chopped; 1/2 cup(s) candied citron, chopped; 1/2 teaspoon(s) ground cloves; 2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 1 teaspoon(s) soda; 1/3 cup(s) honey, warmed; 3 cup(s) flour

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Sharon Taniguchi

Auburn, WA

Updated on Dec 13, 2013

This is a recipe brought from Switzerland by my Grandmother and made by all her sisters as well. To me, it can't be Christmas without Grandmother's Lebkuchen so I usually bake it first. It gets better with age.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Bake

yield

Ingredients

2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
3 large eggs
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup candied citron, chopped
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon soda
1/3 cup honey, warmed
3 cups flour

How To Make lebkuchen

Step 1

Beat brown sugar & eggs for five minutes in bowl of electric mixer

Step 2

Disolve soda in hot honey and add to brown sugar mix
Step 3

Add spices to flour and add to brown sugar mix. Then fruit and nuts.
Step 4

Mixture will be thick. Pour into jelly roll pan and bake in 325* oven for 25 - 30 minutes.
Step 5

When cool, frost with a powdered sugar glaze.
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