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lebkuchen
Lebkuchen (Honey Cakes) 8 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/2 tablespoons baking soda 1 tablespoon ground cloves 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground cardamom 4 cusp groun...
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Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Total45 min
Ingredients8 items
Ingredients
- 83/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 21/2 tablespoons baking soda
- 1tablespoonground cloves
- 1tablespoonground cinnamon
- 1tablespoonground cardamom
- 4cusp ground almonds
- 1/2cupplus 2 tablespoons chopped citron
- 2cusp plus 2 tablespoons honey
Directions
- 1
Lebkuchen (Honey Cakes) 8 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/2 tablespoons baking soda 1 tablespoon ground cloves 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1
- 2
Add ground almonds and citron
- 3
Mix honey and molasses in a saucepan and heat to a gentle boil
- 4
Remove from the stove
- 5
Make a hole in the center of the flour, and add the honey mixture while still hot
- 6
As you stir this into the flour, gradually add the brandy
- 7
Work this up into a ball of dough, cover, and set aside to ripen in the refrigerator for 8 days
- 8
The dough will rise in bulk as it ripens