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🍰 Lebkuchen Figures

445 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 150 g honey
• 75 g brown sugar
• 50 g butter
• 250 g flour
• flour (for working)
• 3 level tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1 organic lemon (zested)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp gingerbread spice
• 1 pinch salt
• 150 g ground walnuts
• 200 g powdered sugar
• food coloring (to taste)
• sugar pearls
• decorating sugar (for decorating)

Instructions

1. 1. Heat honey, sugar, and butter in a pot over low heat.
2. 2. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved.
3. 3. Pour the warm mixture into a bowl.
4. 4. Let the mixture cool down slightly until it is lukewarm.
5. 5. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees.
6. 6. Mix flour and baking powder in a separate bowl.
7. 7. Separate one egg into yolk and white.
8. 8. Take two-thirds of the flour mixture.
9. 9. Stir this flour with the egg yolk, lemon zest, spices, and salt.
10. 10. Fold the flour mixture into the lukewarm honey-butter mixture.
11. 11. Add the nuts to the dough.
12. 12. Now mix the remaining flour mixture into the dough.
13. 13. Lightly dust a work surface with flour.
14. 14. Knead the dough there until smooth.
15. 15. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 1 cm.
16. 16. Cut out fir tree shapes in various sizes.
17. 17. Place the figures on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
18. 18. Bake the figures in the hot oven for approx. 12 minutes.
19. 19. Let the baked figures cool down completely.
20. 20. Whip the remaining egg white until stiff.
21. 21. Stir powdered sugar into the egg white.
22. 22. Color part of the icing with food coloring.
23. 23. Brush the fir trees with the green icing.
24. 24. Let the green icing dry.
25. 25. Dab the tips of the fir trees with the white icing.
26. 26. Decorate other figures as desired with icing, sugar pearls, and decorative sugar.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 445
• Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 20 g · Carbs: 60 g