- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Serving: 4 - 8
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 102
- Fat Content: 4g
- Saturated Fat Content: 2g
- Carbohydrate Content: 16g
- Sugar Content: 9g
- Fiber Content: 0.5g
- Protein Content: 2g
- Sodium Content: 0.16g
Lebkuchen
Ingredients
- plain-flour - 250g plain flour
- ground-almond - 85g ground almond
- ginger - 2 tsp ground ginger
- ground-cinnamon - 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- bicarbonate-of-soda - 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- clear-honey - 200ml clear honey
- lemon - 1 lemon, finely grated zest
- butter - 85g butter
- ground-cloves - pinch each ground cloves, grated nutmeg and black pepper
- baking-powder - 1 tsp baking powder
- icing-sugar - 100g icing sugar
- egg-white - 1 egg white, beaten
Instructions
- Tip the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Heat the honey and butter in a pan over a low heat until the butter melts, then pour into the flour mixture along with the lemon zest. Mix well until the dough is combined and fairly solid. Cover and leave to cool.
- Heat oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4. Using your hands, roll dough into about 30 balls, each 3cm wide, then flatten each one slightly into a disk. Divide the biscuits between two baking trays lined with baking parchment, leaving room for them to expand. Bake for 15 mins, then cool on a wire rack.
- To ice the biscuits, mix together the icing sugar, egg white and 1-2 tbsp water to form a smooth, runny icing. Dip the top of each biscuit in the icing and spread with the back of a knife. Leave to dry out in a warm room.
Healthy treat recipe for 4 – 8 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has plain flour, ground almond, ginger, ground cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda, clear honey, lemon, butter, ground cloves, baking powder, icing sugar and egg white.
