Lebkuchen

Step by step

1. 1

   Warm honey, sugar and butter in a pot, cool.

2. 2

   Mix flour with almonds, gingerbread spice, potash and hartshorn salt.

3. 3

   Knead honey mixture with eggs and orange zest into flour mixture.

4. 4

   Let rest covered overnight.

5. 5

   Preheat oven to 175°C.

6. 6

   Form small balls from dough, flatten slightly or place on wafers.

7. 7

   Decorate with whole almond.

8. 8

   Bake 20 minutes.

9. 9

   Melt chocolate.

10. 10

    Let lebkuchen cool, coat with chocolate.