Thursday, 3 May 2012

lebkuchen by Mikel Unanue

Ingredients

4 tablespoon clear honey

1 egg

55g soft brown sugar 

225g flour

 1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoon ground ginger

30g  cocoa powder

1 teaspoon mixed spice

85g sugar

1 teaspoon lemon juice

oven temperature 200º C / 400º

Steps

1 Grease a baking sheet with butter.
    Separate the egg. Put the yolk into a bowl.

2 Turn on the oven. Put the honey, butter
     and the sugar.


3 Sift the flour , baking powder , cocoa powder and ginger.


4 Mix the melted butter , honey and sugar into the flour.


5 Sprinkle some flour onto a clean worktop and onto a rolling pin.


6 Cut out different shapes.


7 Lift the biscuits onto the baking sheet.


8 Bake the biscuits for seven to eight minutes.


9 Sift the icing sugar into a bowl.


10 Spoon some of the icing into a smaller bowl .


11 Spoon the icing into a icing bag.