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🍰 Nuremberg Lebkuchen

385 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 175 g liquid honey
• 2 eggs
• 175 g cane sugar
• 1 lemon (juice and grated zest)
• 400 g flour
• 1 packet baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 0.5 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp coriander (ground)
• powdered sugar (for the tray)
• wafer (8 cm ⌀)
• almond kernels (halved, peeled)
• red glazed cherry (halved)
• 4 tbsp powdered sugar
• 2 tbsp lukewarm water

Instructions

1. 1. Beat the eggs with the sugar in a bowl until the mixture is frothy and airy.
2. 2. Add the lemon zest and lemon juice and continue stirring until the mixture thickens slightly.
3. 3. Stir the honey into the egg mixture until it is well combined.
4. 4. Mix the flour with the baking powder and spices in a separate container.
5. 5. Gently fold the flour mixture into the honey-egg mixture until a uniform dough forms.
6. 6. Let the dough rest for a short moment.
7. 7. Take a warm knife and spread the dough thinly onto round wafer cookies.
8. 8. Place the topped wafers onto a baking sheet.
9. 9. Lightly dust the lebkuchen with powdered sugar.
10. 10. Let the lebkuchen rest overnight in a cool and dry place.
11. 11. Decorate the lebkuchen the next day with half almonds and glazed cherries.
12. 12. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees.
13. 13. Bake the lebkuchen for about 25 minutes in the preheated oven.
14. 14. Mix powdered sugar with a little water until a slightly milky but still transparent glaze forms.
15. 15. Glaze the lebkuchen while still hot with the prepared sugar mixture.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 385
• Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 9 g · Carbs: 68 g