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Lebkuchen

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Ingredients
  

  • 5 eggs
  • 1¼ cup honey
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups ground hazelnuts
  • 2 cups ground almonds
  • ½ tbsp baking powder
  • ¼ tbsp salt
  • 3 tbsp Lebkuchengewürz (it's a mix of spices, if you scroll down you can see the recipe)
  • 4 oz candied orange peel You can buy them at the store but if you make them from scratch they taste better. ( I will post a recipe for that pretty soon)
  • 4 0z candied lemon peel
  • 4 tbsp flour to help the candied peel not stick to each other while blending
  • Backoblaten or plain wafer for the bottom of the cookie
  • Sliced blanched almonds for decoration

For the Chocolate Glaze:

  • 10 oz melted dark or milk chocolate

For the Sugar Glaze:

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tbsp water

For the Lebkuchengewürz mix of spices:

  • ¼ tbsp ground mace
  • ¼ tbsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tbsp ground allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ teaspoon green cardamom
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon ground star anise
  • 2 teaspoons ground cloves

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
  • Cut the candied lemon and orange peel into small pieces and mix them with 4 tablespoons of flour to prevent them from sticking to each other. Mince them in a food processor. Set aside.
  • In a bowl, beat the eggs until foamy
  •  Add and mix the sugar, honey, almond extract, and vanilla extract.
  • Add the ground almonds, hazelnuts, salt, baking powder, Lebkuchengewürz (mix of all the spices), candied lemon, and orange peels, and stir with the mixer until it is well combined. If it is too liquidy you can add more nuts.
  • Put the mixture on the Oblaten, and with the help of a spoon, spread it well on top. Using a glass as a support for the oblaten it will make spreding the cookie dough on the oblaten esier.
  • Put them on parchment paper and bake on the middle rack of the oven for about 25 min.
  • Let them cool.
  • Brush some of the cookies with melted chocolate.
  • Brush some with the sugar glaze made of powdered sugar and water mixed together.
  •  Put almonds on top of the cookies as decorations.
  • Let the chocolate and the glaze of the Lebkuchen dry completely.

Notes

Keep stored in an airtight container.  
It will last for several weeks and the flavor will be better in time.