Recipe: Gingerbread Lebkuchen
Giving is good for you and these wonderful German gingerbreads improve as they age, so are perfect for gifting
Makes 24
Prep time: 45 minutes, plus cooling and setting
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Lebkuchen is a German gingerbread that has become synonymous with Christmas baking. A cross between a biscuit and cake with a delicious mixture of honey, almond, ginger and cocoa, it is a frontrunner for edible gifts
Ingredients:
160g clear runny honey
110g unsalted butter
50g ground almonds
260g plain flour
½ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tbsp ground ginger
2 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp ground cloves
2 tsp cocoa powder
¼ tsp salt
To decorate:
150g icing sugar
1 medium egg white
2-3 tbsp cold water
100g dark chocolate, melted
You will need:
A 4cm heart cutter
Method:
Tip: These biscuits really do improve with age, that’s if you can bear to wait and you must!
Taken from Gingerbread Wonderland by Mima Sinclair. Published by Kyle Books, priced £8.99. Photography by Tara Fisher