Lebkuchen or “ginger bread” is a very typical Christmas dessert in Germany, and one that is delicious! This cake-like cookie is one that can be found in various locations, especially in the Christmas markets.
German Gingerbread Lebkuchen | Christmas Recipes
Course: DessertCuisine: GermanDifficulty: Easy4
servings20
minutes30
minutes300
kcal50
minutesLebkuchen or “ginger bread” is a very typical Christmas dessert in Germany, and one that is delicious! This cake-like cookie is one that can be found in various locations, especially in the Christmas markets.
Ingredients
- For the cookies
100 g of butter
175 g of sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg yolk
100 g of honey
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
½ teaspoon ground anise (1 g)
1 teaspoon ground cloves (2 g)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (2.5 g)
1 teaspoon ginger (2 g)
1 peel of lemon zest
1 pinch of cardamom (.5 g)
1 pinch of nutmeg (.5 g)
1 teaspoon baking powder (5 g)
3 tablespoons of milk (50 g)
450 g flour
- For the icing
200 g powdered sugar
1 egg white (preferably pasteurized)
2 tablespoons of lemon juice (30 g)
Directions
- For the cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Soften the butter and add the sugar, vanilla, egg, yolk, & honey
- Mix the flour with the baking powder, cocoa powder and the spices, sift and add to the previous mixture little by little alternating it with the tablespoons of milk. Add the rest of the flour until there is a smooth dough. Do not over knead. If it was a bit sticky put it in the fridge for a while.
- Stretch the dough with a rolling pin until it is ½ cm thick and cut the biscuits.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- allow them to cool completely before decorating
- For the Icing
- Beat egg white with sifted powdered sugar and the lemon juice so that it is a thick but liquid mass with an electric mixer until it has a heavy cream consistency, add a few more drops of lemon juice or powdered sugar if needed.
- Decorate cookies as desired.
- *You could also alternately dip the cookies in melted dark chocolate instead
