Glazed Lebkuchen Recipe

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1-1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3/4 cup chopped slivered almonds
• 1/2 cup finely chopped citron
• 1/2 cup finely chopped candied lemon peel
• FROSTING:
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons hot milk or water
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Candied cherries and additional citron

Directions

• In a small saucepan, bring honey to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature. Meanwhile in a large bowl, beat honey and sugars until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves and allspice; gradually add to honey mixture. Stir in the nuts, citron and lemon peel (mixture will be thick).
• Press into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-28 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla. Spread over bars while warm. Immediately cut into bars. Decorate with cherries and citron. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Yield: about 2 dozen.

Glazed Lebkuchen published in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2001, p244