Lebkuchins

Name: Lebkuchins
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup honey; 1/2 cup molasses; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 Egg; 1 tablespoon Lemon juice; 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind; 2 3/4 cups Flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon Cinnamon; 1 teaspoon cloves; 1 teaspoon allspice; 1 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/3 cup candied cherries; 1/3 cup nuts, chopped

Blair Webster-Urton @bwharold2008

My dad made these every year for Christmas Eve and "Santa Claus." If you enjoy fruitcake or you grew up with them like I did you'll probably like these.

Blair Webster-Urton @bwharold2008

My dad made these every year for Christmas Eve and "Santa Claus." If you enjoy fruitcake or you grew up with them like I did you'll probably like these.

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Ingredients

1/2 cuphoney
1/2 cupmolasses
3/4 cupbrown sugar
1Egg
1 tablespoonLemon juice
1 teaspoongrated lemon rind
2 3/4 cupsFlour
1/2 teaspoonbaking soda
1 teaspoonCinnamon
1 teaspooncloves
1 teaspoonallspice
1 teaspoonnutmeg
1/3 cupcandied cherries
1/3 cupnuts, chopped

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Steps

1

Mix and boil honey and molasses. Allow it to cool though
2

Stir in the brown sugar, egg, lemon juice,and lemon rind.
3

Shift together and stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg.
4

Mix in the candied fruit and nuts.
5

Chill the dough overnight.
6

Roll out in small batches. (Tip: use parchment paper instead of flour. It is easy to make the dough too floury.) Roll to 1/4 inch thick.
7

Cut the dough with a glass or a simple cookie (stick to simple shapes like circles or squares, the longer you work with the dough the stickier it gets.)
8

Place the cookies 1 inch apart on a greased cookie sheet.
9

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
10

Boil 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to the thread stage.
11

Remove the pan from heat and stir in 1/4 cup powdered sugar.
12

Glaze your lebkuchins.