Farmer Boy Lebkuchen
Ingredients:
- 3 Cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves (a little goes a long way!)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 Cup brown sugar
- 1/2 Cup honey
- 1/2 Cup molasses
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add a little at a time of all the wet ingredients, mix well. Form into a couple small balls (it makes it easier), and roll out dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into rectangles - about 1" X 2". Bake on parchment paper lined cooke sheet for about 10 - 12 minutes. Remove from oven, leaving them on the paper, and glaze each. The glaze is made of 1 Cup of powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons of water, 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice. This recipe makes about 4 dozen. (I also make these, using a cookie cutter - my family usually made them for the children with one shaped as Santa with his bag on his back. If I don't make them in the traditional rectangle, I prefer to use a heart shaped cutter, but any shape is OK - even that windmill!) Once they are glazed and cooled enough that they are not soft, you can move them to a wire rack to cool completely. They store well in a sealed container.
When I eat these at Christmastime, I'm transported in my mind back to my childhood! I was told then, that Santa liked these cookies - so I should leave some for him! - So you might want to consider doing that too :)
If you make these, let us all know, by leaving a comment here. Thanks. The Old Man in the Bib Overalls
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