Lebkuchen

Name: Lebkuchen
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 90
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters butter or margarine; 1 liters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground cloves; 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 710 milliliters sugar; 355 milliliters water; 2 Tbsps warm water

Need a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre? Lebkuchen could be an awesome recipe to try. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 71 calories. This recipe serves 90. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. A mixture of baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine sugar, water, and butter in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil.

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Butter

Sugar

Water

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Remove from heat.

Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir well, and cool.

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Cinnamon

Clove

Nutmeg

Dissolve soda in warm water.

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Water

Pop

Add flour, baking powder, and dissolved soda to cooled spice mixture; mix well.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Pop

Shape dough into three 10- inch-long rolls; wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate 8 days. Dough will be sticky.

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Dough

Roll

Wrap

Unwrap roll, and cut into 1/4- inch slices.

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Roll

Place cookies on lightly greased baking sheets.

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Baking Sheet

Bake at 350 for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks.

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Oven

Note: For a uniform cookie slice, use a piece of string wrapped around the cookie roll. Wrap the string around the bottom of the roll and criss-cross the ends at the top. Pull string away from roll to slice.

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Roll

Wrap

This results in a more uniform cookie slice which doesn't affect the shape of the remaining roll.

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Roll