A German biscuit just like gingerbread, lebkuchen is straightforward to make and a terrific Christmas deal with

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:15 minutes
  • Prepare dinner:15 minutes
• Simple
• Makes 30

• Freezable (Freeze dough solely)

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Substances

• 250g plain flour
• 85g floor almond
• 2 tsp floor ginger
• 1 tsp floor cinnamon
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 200ml clear honey
• 1 lemon, finely grated zest
• 85g butter
• pinch every floor cloves, grated nutmeg and black pepper
• 1 tsp baking powder

For the icing

• 100g icing sugar
• 1 egg white, overwhelmed

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Technique

• STEP 1

  Tip the dry components into a big bowl. Warmth the honey and butter in a pan over a low warmth till the butter melts, then pour into the flour combination together with the lemon zest. Combine properly till the dough is mixed and pretty stable. Cowl and go away to chill.

• STEP 2

  Warmth oven to 180C/fan160C/fuel 4. Utilizing your arms, roll dough into about 30 balls, every 3cm broad, then flatten every one barely right into a disk. Divide the biscuits between two baking trays lined with baking parchment, leaving room for them to increase. Bake for 15 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.

• STEP 3

  To ice the biscuits, combine collectively the icing sugar, egg white and 1-2 tbsp water to kind a easy, runny icing. Dip the highest of every biscuit within the icing and unfold with the again of a knife. Depart to dry out in a heat room.