Lebküchen cookies

Lebkuchen means gingerbread in German. Lebküchens are spicy honey gingerbread cookies traditionally baked with lemon and almonds and decorated with sugar glaze, a favorite holiday cookie of the people of Germany. The first records of baking lebkuchens date back to around the 13th century ode, and in 1395 they are mentioned in the culinary books of Nuremberg, where the most famous lebkuchens are baked.

Ingredients

• softened butter - 100 g
• brown sugar - 4.5 tbsp l.
• egg - 1 pc.
• dark honey - 6 tbsp. l.
• sifted pancake flour - 400 g
• chili powder - 0.25 tsp
• ground ginger - 1 tsp
• ground cloves - 0.5 tsp.
• protein - 1 pc.
• icing sugar - 200 g
• confectionery decorations

Directions

1. Whisk the sugar and butter in a bowl. Stir constantly, add egg and honey. Add flour and spices. Knead the dough, wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Roll out the dough into a thin layer and use the confectionery recesses to cut various figures out of it. Place them on a greased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. at a temperature of 190 ° C. Cool on a wire rack.
2. Prepare the icing. Beat the whites lightly and gradually mix with the powdered sugar. Cover the cookies with a frosting pattern and decorate them with pastry decorations.