No fat lebkuchen (\"black forest honey cakes\")

1 recipe

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupHoney
¾cupSugar
1Egg
cupFlour
1teaspoonCinnamon
1teaspoonCloves
1teaspoonAllspice
1teaspoonNutmeg
½cupMolasses
1teaspoonGrated lemon peel
1tablespoonLemon juice
½teaspoonSoda
cupCitron [raisins are good too]
cupNuts

Directions

MIX

ADD

SIFT & STIR IN

Chill 2 hours. Mold into flattened balls. Decorate with blanched almonds and citron. Bake on GREASED sheet at 400 degrees, 10-12 minutes.

This is from the Betty Crocker cookbook. Copyright page is missing, but I think it's 1950.

Submitted By ALAN BURGSTAHLER On 02-19-95