Lore Rieger's Lebkuchen
Lore Rieger's Lebkuchen
(Yield: about 8 dozen cookies)
6 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/4 cups sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 eggs
4 tablespoons milk
1/4 pound butter
1/3cup lemon peel
Powdered sugar
3/4 cup almonds or hazelnuts
Sift flour with baking powder and add sugar, cinnamon, cloves, netmeg and leon juice.
Combine eggs and milk and add to dry ingredients. Mix well.
Add butter and lemon peel. Roll dough on lightly-floured board and cut into bars. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake in 375-degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until brown.
Decorate with powdered sugar and almonds or hazelnuts.
(Yield: about 8 dozen cookies)
6 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/4 cups sugar
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 eggs
4 tablespoons milk
1/4 pound butter
1/3cup lemon peel
Powdered sugar
3/4 cup almonds or hazelnuts
Sift flour with baking powder and add sugar, cinnamon, cloves, netmeg and leon juice.
Combine eggs and milk and add to dry ingredients. Mix well.
Add butter and lemon peel. Roll dough on lightly-floured board and cut into bars. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake in 375-degree oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until brown.
Decorate with powdered sugar and almonds or hazelnuts.
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