Lebkuchen

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Title: Lebkuchen
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 60 servings

For bars:
1 lb Honey
1/2 c Butter; (1 stick)
2 Eggs; beaten well
Grated peel of 1 large lemon
Juice from half a lemon
8 oz Unblanched almonds; chopped
-fine
4 oz Chopped assorted candied
-citrus rind
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/2 ts Ground nutmeg
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Ground cloves
4 1/2 c All-purpose flour
For icing:
3 c Powdered sugar
Juice of 1 lemon
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Honey
3 tb Water
For decorating:
Unblanched almond slivers
Maraschino cherries
Green candied fruit

Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 12/2/96 To prepare bars: Heat honey and
butter until butter melts. Let cool to lukewarm. Beat in eggs. Beat in
lemon peel, juice, almonds and candied fruit. Set aside.

Sift together baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves and flour; mix
well. Add 1 cup at a time to honey mixture. Chill dough 8 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pat dough into 2 greased 9-by-13-inch pans;
bake 15 minutes or until firm and lightly browned. Let cool slightly in pan
on racks.

While bars are cooling, prepare icing: Blend sugar, juice, vanilla, honey
and water. Glaze bars with icing while still warm. Cut into 1 1/2-by-2-inch
rectangles. While icing is still wet, decorate with slivered almonds,
maraschino cherries and green candied fruit. Remove bars from pans and let
cool on racks. Store in airtight containers.

Yield: 5 dozen cookies. By Tina Danze.

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