Recipe - Honey Lebkuchen

1 pound Honey
Three fourths cup Sugar
3 Eggs
One half cup Grated unblanched almonds or
hazelnuts
One fourth cup Chopped citron
One fourth cup Chopped candied orange peel
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Powdered cloves
1 teaspoon Lightly crushed anise seeds
1 cup Strong black coffee or 1 c
milk
4 One half cup Flour
1 One half teaspoon Baking powder
White sugar Glaze or
chocolate icing; or paper
cookie stickers

Here is more recipes of Lebkuchen: from the Visions of Sugarplums

Heat honey until thin and slightly darkened in color. Stir in sugar until
dissolved. Cool and beat in eggs, nuts, fruit and spices. stir in coffee
for cookies with dark richer flavor or milk if you prefer milder
goldencolor cookies. sift flour with baking powder and stir gradually into
mixture. Blend thoroughly. (dough can be baked now or you can allow it to
age by place for 1 day to 1 week.) Spread dough about One half inch thick on a
lightly buttered and floured baking sheet. Bake in preheated 400 oven for
12 to 15 min., or until a deep golden brown. If you are using the glaze or
stickers, add immediately, but cool cookies before covering with icing. Cut
into rectangles when cool. Makes about 3 dozen cookies.
Posted to BakeryShoppe Digest V1 #441 by aklatt@trxinc.com (Arlene Klatt)
on Dec 6, 1997