LEBKUCHEN COOKIES
Classic lebkuchen cookies with a lemon glaze. Prepared in advance, these traditional German Christmas cookies are gingerbread-like in flavor and have a soft and chewy texture. These cookies are a great festive treat for the holiday season! Recipe featured from Midwest Made from Shauna Sever.
Provided by Laura // A Beautiful Plate
Categories Cookies and Bars
Time P5DT25m
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Prepare the Cookies: In a 1½ quart saucepan, combine the honey and muscovado sugar. Over medium-high heat, stir gently until the sugar begins to dissolve and the mixture just begins to come to a simmer. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter. Let cool until warm to touch. Whisk in the egg and lemon zest and juice.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices.
- On low speed, stir in the wet ingredients until a smooth, sticky dough forms. Laura's Note: This will be slack and loose, don't worry! Scrape the dough into a lightly oiled ceramic bowl and cover with a plate - you want the dough to be able to breathe.
- Allow the dough to "ripen" at cool room temperature for 1 to 2 days - do not refrigerate. (The large amount of honey and sugar will keep bacteria at bay.)
- Position racks to the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat it to 350°F (180°C). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Turn out the dough onto a well-floured work surface. Roll it out to a ¼-inch/6 mm thickness. Use a bench scraper or thin spatula to get under the dough and scoot it around in the flour occasionaly to prevent sticking. Cut shapes with 2-inch/5 cm cutters and place 1 inch/2½ cm apart on the prepared baking sheets. Sweep away any excess flour with a pastry brush.
- Bake until fragrant and lightly browned, about 12 minutes, rotating the baking sheets from top to bottom and front to back halfway through the baking time. (Watch closely, as honey in the dough can make the edges catch and burn quickly.)
- Prepare the Glaze: In a medium bowl, whisk together the confectioner's sugar, egg white, lemon juice, and salt for a smooth, thin, runny glaze. (Add a few drops of lemon juice, as needed, to achieve this consistency).
- Let the cookies firm up and cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Run an offset spatula under the cookies to gently looesn them from the parchment paper, leaving them on the sheets.
- While still warm, brush the cookies with glaze and transfer to wire racks. Allow the cookies to cool and the glaze to dry completely.
- The secret to a perfect lebkuchen texture is in the resting phase: place the cookies into airtight containers in layers, seperated by parchment or wax paper. Tuck a wedge of apple in the container before sealing. Store in a cool place for at least 3 days, or up to 2 weeks, to allow the cookies to ripen once more before serving.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 125 kcal, Carbohydrate 7 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 58 mg, Sugar 8 g, UnsaturatedFat 9 g
LEBKUCHEN (GERMAN CHRISTMAS HONEY COOKIES)
This recipe is from an OLD betty crocker cookbook and is my absolute favorite Christmas cookie. My MIL sends a batch every year and is one of my favorite things of the season. DO NOT overbake these or they will become so hard that you might need to have dental work done (lol) If the cookies are too hard she suggests placing them in an airtight container with an apple slice. I did not include chilling time in the recipe.
Provided by GotBoxer
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 72 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Mix honey and molasses and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cool completely.
- Stir in brown sugar, egg, lemon juice and lemon rind.
- Sift together flour, baking soda and spices, then stir into the honey-molasses mix.
- Mix in the citron and chopped nuts, place the dough in the refrigerator and chill overnight.
- Roll out a small amount of dough at a time to 1/4 inch thick, keeping the rest in the fridge. You can either cut out oblong shapes about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" or just cut out circle shapes about 2" in diameter.
- Place on a GREASED baking sheet about 1" apart.
- Place 3 almonds on top of each cookie in a flower shape, and place in a 400 deg oven for 10-12 min or until no imprint remains when touched lightly.
- While cookies bake, make glaze by boiling the water and sugar to 230 degrees - until it just barely begins to thread.
- Remove from heat and stir in confectioners sugar.
- Brush the hot glaze lightly over the cookies (if it gets grainy reheat slightly with a little water to thin again).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 57.6, Fat 0.5, SaturatedFat 0.1, Cholesterol 2.9, Sodium 16.1, Carbohydrate 13, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 8.7, Protein 0.7
GERMAN LEBKUCHEN COOKIES
Provided by LittleFamilyAdventure.com
Time 3h20m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, and allspice.
- In a separate mixing bowl, beat the egg and the brown sugar together for 3 minutes.
- Stir in the honey and molasses to the egg/sugar mixture.
- Add all the dry ingredients to the wet mixture. Beat until well blended. Your dough will be crumbled, but when pressed together will hold its shape.
- Transfer dough to waxed fabric, plastic wrap, or a storage container with a lid. Wrap it up or cover and chill for at least 3 hours.
- When you are ready to bake, preheat your oven to 350˚F and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Remove your dough from the refrigerator and turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
- Roll dough to a thickness of ¼" to ½". Use a 3" round cookie cutter to cut out circles or use a knife to cut 3" squares.
- Place the cookies an inch apart on a cookie sheet and top with a few sliced almonds. There is no need to press them down as they will stick to the cookie as it rises during baking.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes. They will be done when you can touch the cookie top without leaving an imprint.
- Remove cookies and immediately transfer to a wire cooling rack.
- While the cookies are cooling, combine the ingredients for the icing in a small bowl.
- When the cookies are almost completely cooled, dip the top of each cookie in the icing and spread with the back of a knife. You can also use a pastry brush and brush it on. Place the glazed cookie back on the wire rack to dry.
- After the icing has hardened, store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 111 calories, Carbohydrate 24 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 5 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 1 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, SaturatedFat 0 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1 cookie, Sodium 24 milligrams sodium, Sugar 16 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 1 grams unsaturated fat
CHOCOLATE LEBKUCHEN
Having lived in Germany, I try to keep my German cooking as authentic as possible. This lovely lebkuchen recipe is a culinary Christmas custom. -Cathy Lemmon, Quinlan, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield about 1-1/2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 25
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Combine water and vanilla; gradually add to crumb mixture, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/16-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. round cookie cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° until set, 8-10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. , For topping, in a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and oil. Combine the oats, flour, nuts, cocoa, baking powder and spices; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in candied peels. , Drop 1 rounded tablespoon topping onto each cookie; gently press down. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 325° until set, 13-16 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth. Dip each cookie halfway in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set. Store in airtight containers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 238 calories, Fat 14g fat (8g saturated fat), Cholesterol 32mg cholesterol, Sodium 122mg sodium, Carbohydrate 27g carbohydrate (15g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
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
HOLIDAY LEBKUCHEN (GERMAN SPICE COOKIES)
Since my mother's parents came from Nuremberg and Munich, Germany, lebkuchen has been a holiday tradition in my family ever since I was little. We don't like the usual candied citrus peel, however, so I use apricots and dates instead. Great served with hot tea.
Provided by Shae's Mama
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European German
Time 8h55m
Yield 36
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- Cover almonds with boiling water in a bowl. Let stand for 1 to 2 minutes and drain. Rinse with cold water and drain again. Pat almonds dry and remove skin. Allow almonds to dry on paper towels.
- Place half the almonds in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped. Add apricots and dates; pulse until fruit is chopped. Reserve remaining 1 cup almonds.
- Combine flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, cloves, cardamom, and salt in bowl. Beat eggs, brown sugar, honey, molasses, water, almond extract, orange zest, and 1 teaspoon lemon zest in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add apricot mixture, blending until evenly distributed. Gradually stir in flour mixture on medium speed until dough comes together. Cover dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8 hours to overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to about 1/2-inch thick. Cut out cookies with a 2 1/2 to 3-inch diameter cookie cutter. Arrange cookies about 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Lightly press 3 almonds into each cookie with tips towards the center to create a star pattern.
- Bake in preheated oven until cookies begin to brown, about 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, whisk confectioners' sugar, milk, and 1 teaspoon lemon zest in a bowl until glaze is smooth. Brush warm cookies with glaze and allow cookies to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 187.7 calories, Carbohydrate 34.7 g, Cholesterol 10.3 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 3.8 g, SaturatedFat 0.4 g, Sodium 60.7 mg, Sugar 20.2 g
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