LEBKUCHEN

Lebkuchen: German Gingerbread

Lebkuchen is a soft gingerbread cookie frosted with sweet & tangy lemon frosting. You can find these cookies hanging in every German bakery at Christmas.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time8 mins

Total Time23 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: German

Keyword: dessert recipe, Ethnic Food, German food, Homestead Recipes

Servings: 18 cookies

Calories: 152kcal

Cost: $0.30 per serving size

Ingredients

Cookie

• ½ cup honey ...[$1.92]
• ⅓ cup white granulated sugar ...[$0.13]
• 2 tbsp. butter melted...[$0.25]
• 3 tbsp. orange marmalade ...[$0.18]
• 2 large eggs ...[$0.46]
• 1 tsp. almond extract ...[$0.51]
• ½ tsp. baking powder ...[$0.02]
• ¼ tsp. baking soda ...[$0.02]
• 2 cup all purpose flour ...[$0.46]
• 1½ tsp. ground ginger ...[$0.17]
• 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon ...[$0.06]
• 1 tsp. allspice ...[$0.37]
• 1 tsp. cardamom ...[$0.47]

Glaze

• 2 tbsp. lemon juice ...[$0.08]
• 1 cup powdered sugar ...[$0.34]

Instructions

Cookies

• Blend first six ingredients together; honey, white sugar, butter, eggs, orange marmalade, and extract.
• Add all dry ingredients to combined wet ingredients and beat until smooth.
• On a greased cookie sheet, spoon out cookie dough with tablespoon.
• Bake at 350 °F for 8 minutes. Cool on wire rack when baked. Cookies will be soft.

Glaze

• Combine all and whisk until smooth. Add more or less sugar until you reached desired consistency.

Notes

Author: Jennifer

Adapted: One Acre Vintage Homestead - Pumpkin Patch Mtn Homestead original recipe, all images and text are original to this website.

Cost of Recipe: About $5.44 for entire batch or $0.30 per cookie.