AUTHENTIC GERMAN LEBKUCHEN (NüRNBERGER ELISENLEBKUCHEN)
One of Germany's most popular and beloved Christmas confections, get ready to fall in love with these delicious and traditional German Lebkuchen!
Provided by Kimberly Killebrew
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 25
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Toss the candied lemon and orange peel with about 1/4 cup all-purpose flour to keep it from sticking together and then pulse in a food processor until finely minced. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until foamy. Add the sugar, honey and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
- Add the ground almonds and hazelnuts, salt, baking powder, Lebkuchengewürz, and candied lemon and orange peels and stir vigorously until thoroughly combined. (You can use a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat for about 2 minutes). The mixture will be wet but if it is too thin to scoop onto the oblaten add some more almond or hazelnut meal.
- Scoop the mixture onto the Backoblaten, smoothing down the top and leaving just a slight space around the edges. Set them on a lined cookie sheet.
- Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 25-30 minutes. Remove the cookie sheet and allow to cool completely.
- Once cooled, place a wire rack over a cookie sheet (to catch the drippings). Dip half the Lebkuchen in the chocolate glaze and half in the sugar glaze, letting the excess drip back into the bowl and then place the Lebkuchen on the wire rack. Arrange 3 almonds on each Lebkuchen while the glaze is still wet. Let the Lebkuchen dry completely until the glaze is hardened.
- Keep stored in an airtight container. Will keep for several weeks and the flavor improves with time.
- Makes about 35 if using 70mm Backoblaten and about 25 if using 90mm Backoblaten.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 elisenlebkuchen, Calories 175 kcal, Carbohydrate 22 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 9 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 23 mg, Sodium 34 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 19 g
EASY GERMAN LEBKUCHEN RECIPE
These soft Lebkuchen Cookies are a classic German favorite!
Provided by Cate, International Desserts Blog
Time P1DT50m
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- Combine the ground spices in a small bowl or jar.
- Cover and set aside.
- This recipe makes a little more spice mix than you need for these cookies. Feel free to add more spice mix to the cookies if you'd like a stronger flavor.
- Wash oranges and lemons.
- Zest the citrus using a microplane.
- Heat water and sugar in a small saucepan over medium high heat.
- Add zest and stir.
- Bring to a low boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Strain out the liquid and let the candied zest cool in a small bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and store in the fridge until you're ready to use it.
- This recipe will likely make a little more candied zest than you need for these cookies. Feel free to add more if you'd like a stronger flavor.
- Use a food processor to grind the almonds and hazelnuts until they're like crumbs. (But be careful that you don't grind so long that they turn into nut butter! It's ok if you have some larger nut chunks.They don't all have to be the same size.) Set ground nuts aside.
- Add the brown sugar, Lebkuchen Spice Mix, baking powder, and salt to a mixing bowl (or the food processor or the bowl of a stand mixer). Mix with a whisk or spoon until combined
- Add the candied zest and mix again.
- Add the nuts and mix.
- Add the spice mix and stir.
- And then add the honey and mix again.
- Whisk the eggs in a small bowl, then add the eggs to the dough and mix again.
- The dough should be pretty thick at this point.
- At this stage you can cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it chill in the fridge for 12 to 24 hours. Or you bake your cookies right away.
- When you're ready to bake your cookies, pre-head your oven to 325F/160C.
- Place the Oblaten wafers on a lined baking tray (if using).
- If using the 70mm size, spoon 2 tablespoons dough onto the middle of each wafer. If your dough immediately flattens out and spills out over the wafer, add more ground nuts (try grinding another 1/4 to 1/2 cup).
- Ideally you want the baked cookies to cover the entire wafer while keeping a domed shape. You can use lightly damp fingers to gently spread the dough towards the edge of the Oblaten. I just barely spread the dough towards the edges.
- For the cookies you want to eat plain (no glaze), you can press almonds into the dough at this stage. I totally forgot to do that so my plain cookies are very plain (still tasty, though)!
- Bake the cookies for 20-22 minutes or until the edges are browned. Let the cookies cool on a wire rack.
- Add powdered sugar, water, vanilla extract, and rum extract (optional) to a small bowl and mix until there are no lumps. Adjust powdered sugar and water as needed. The sugar glaze in the recipe below should be enough to glaze half of the cookies, so double it if you want to use it for all of the cookies.
- Chop the dark chocolate and add a bit of oil (vegetable, coconut, etc). Slowly melt the chocolate in the microwave on 15-20 second intervals or in a double boiler on stove (or place a glass bowl over a saucepan that has simmering water it in). Stir frequently. When 3/4 of the chocolate has melted, simply keep stirring to melt the rest. If you want all of your cookies to have a chocolate glaze, double the recipe.
- Use a pastry brush to apply the sugar or chocolate glaze to the top of the cookies. You can also dip the cookies in the glaze (I found it easiest to use the pastry brush).
- Add almonds (whole blanched, slivered or sliced) to decorate the top of the cookies before glaze sets.
- Let the glaze dry on the cookies for 12-24 hours. Store in an airtight container with wax paper between layers of cookies. They'll keep for at least a couple weeks, longer in the freezer.
LEBKUCHEN - GERMAN CHRISTMAS COOKIE RECIPE - (4.2/5)
Provided by carvalhohm
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Cookies: Combine honey and molasses in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in brown sugar, egg, lemon juice and lemon zest. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and all spices. Add the molasses mixture and mix well. Stir in citron and hazelnuts. Cover and chill overnight. Preheat oven to 350°F (167°C). Dust flour on a hard surface, roll out a small amount of the chilled dough to 1/4-inch thickness. If dough is sticky, use more flour when rolling. Using a cookie cutter or a glass, cut round cookies out and place them on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. While baking, make icing (directions below). Place baked cookies on a cooling rack and brush with icing while still hot. You can decorate with slivers of nuts or candied citron or other dried fruit. Or if you prefer, you can drizzle with melted chocolate. Store in a sealed container with a wedge of apple or orange to retain moistness. Icing: Heat sugar and water or milk with vanilla in a small saucepan, but do not boil. Remove from heat and stir in confectioner's sugar. If icing becomes crystallized, reheat and add water or milk as needed. Cook time: 10-12 minutes.
ELISENLEBKUCHEN (GERMAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES)
These are delicious soft & puffy cookies. The Oblaten wafers, which serve as the bottoms of these cookies, can be found in German markets - they look like Communion wafers, and are actually made in the same manner. Adapted from the great German classic cookbook, "Back Vergnuegen Wie Noch Nie." I have provided approximate measurements if you need to use American measuring cups. If you can find it, Lindt sells a large bar of chocolate that is excellent for melting and is roughly the correct amount you need - a little more won't be a problem. Or you may use Hershey bars - no problem. For the nuts - these are not to be confused with chopped nuts - they should be finely grouns into a meal. If you can't find them sold this way in your area, whirl them through a coffee grinder or food processor briefly (you don't want mush) until they are floury. The nuts are the "flour" in this recipe and cannot be omitted - however you may use hazelnuts or other nuts that you prefer.
Provided by HeatherFeather
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 1h
Yield 50 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 150°C (or 300°F).
- Place powdered sugar and egg whites in a mixing bowl and beat, using a whisk attachment on an electric mixer on high speed, until stiff (but not dry) peaks form- this may take while (up to 8 minutes- but may take less depending upon your mixer).
- Combine the lemon zest, the candied lemon peel, and the nuts, then gently fold in the egg whites mixture- do not overmix.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, then set out the oblaten wafers.
- Place a 1 rounded Tbsp of cookie dough onto each oblaten in a mound.
- Bake about 20 minutes until light brown, in the center of the oven.
- If necessary, set a second (empty) cookie sheet in the rack directly above the cookies to help keep the tops from overbrowning.
- Remove from oven and let cool on wire racks.
- Melt chocolate in either a double boiler or in the microwave briefly until you can stir down the chocolate into a melted glaze (be careful not to burn if you use the microwave- chocolate tends to hold its shape even if it is melted inside when melted this way).
- Drizzle the tops of each cookie with the melted chocolate.
- If you prefer, you may melt even more chocolate and carefuly dip the cookies halfway.
- Let dipped cookies dry on a cooling rack.
- Pack into airtight containers.
- IF USING AMERICAN MEASUREMENTS: Use about 2 cups ground almonds, 2 1/3 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup candied lemon peel, and a couple of Hershey's milk chocolate bars (regular size)- or more.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 605.5, Fat 23.6, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 0.5, Sodium 335.7, Carbohydrate 94.3, Fiber 3, Sugar 21.4, Protein 6.2
OLD GERMAN-POLISH RECIPE FOR LEBKUCHEN (CHRISTMAS COOKIES)
This is a family recipe that I received from my mother-in-law. They were German-Polish farmers in the early 1900s on the eastern Germany-Poland border. This is a chewy, honey-based Christmas cookie. Melt dark chocolate and apply a thin coat to the cookie (as an extra treat)!
Provided by Steve Mitchener
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Eastern European Polish
Time P1DT46m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar and honey. Bring to a boil; let cool, about 10 minutes.
- Whisk flour, cinnamon, and cloves together in a bowl.
- Mix baking soda and water together in a bowl; stir into butter mixture. Mix in eggs. Add flour-spice mixture; stir until dough is combined. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
- Roll dough out; cut into cookies and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 294.7 calories, Carbohydrate 57.8 g, Cholesterol 30.8 mg, Fat 5.5 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 136 mg, Sugar 29.1 g
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