Old German-Polish Recipe for Lebkuchen (Christmas Cookies) recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter
1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup honey
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ cup water
2 eggs, beaten

Nutrition Info

294.7 calories
carbohydrate: 57.8 g
cholesterol: 30.8 mg
fat: 5.5 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 4.6 g
saturatedFat: 3.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 136 mg
sugar: 29.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar and honey. Bring to a boil, let cool, about 10 minutes.

  2. Whisk flour, cinnamon, and cloves together in a bowl.

  3. Mix baking soda and water together in a bowl, stir into butter mixture. Mix in eggs. Add flour-spice mixture, stir until dough is combined. Cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours.

  4. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

  5. Roll dough out, cut into cookies and place on a baking sheet.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute, transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Recipe Yield

20 cookies

Recipe Note

This is a family recipe that I received from my mother-in-law. They were German-Polish farmers in the early 1900s on the eastern Germany-Poland border. This is a chewy, honey-based Christmas cookie. Melt dark chocolate and apply a thin coat to the cookie (as an extra treat)!

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