Wittman and O'Byrne Family Recipe from Germany for traditional Lebkuchen cookies or wafers.

Source: Patricia Mathews' Recipe with a few of her daughter Robin's updates in 2017

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Name: Lebkuchen Wittman
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 75
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 1 cup Honey; 1/3 cube Butter; 1/2 cup Brown Sugar; 1/2 whole Lemon Zest (Grated rind of 1/2 lemon); 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice; 2 whole Eggs; 3 cups Flour; 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda Dissolved in water; 2 tablespoon Water hot for dissolving baking soda; 1 cup Almonds Toasted and Ground; 1 cup Almonds Blanched and Halved for topping; 1/2 cup Citron Cut Fine; 1/4 cup Candied Orange Peel Cut Fine; 1/4 cup Candied Lemon Peel Cut Fine; 1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves; 1/2 teaspoon Allspice; 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon Mace

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INGREDIENTS

1 cup Honey
1/3 cube Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 whole Lemon Zest ; (Grated rind of 1/2 lemon)
1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
2 whole Eggs
3 cups Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda ; Dissolved in water
2 tablespoon Water ; hot for dissolving baking soda
1 cup Almonds ; Toasted and Ground
1 cup Almonds ; Blanched and Halved for topping
1/2 cup Citron ; Cut Fine
1/4 cup Candied Orange Peel ; Cut Fine
1/4 cup Candied Lemon Peel ; Cut Fine
1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
1/2 teaspoon Allspice
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Mace

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt and heat honey, butter, sugar, lemon rind, and lemon juice. Let cool slightly.

Mix together 2 cups flour, spices, nuts, citron, and peel. Add to honey mixture.

Beat in eggs and add 1 cup flour plus soda dissolved in water. Let stand 24 hours. (Note from Robin: Put in the refrigerator for the last hour to make it easier to roll out.)

After 24 hours, add sufficient flour to roll dough to 1/8" thickness. (Note from Pat: "I have never needed to add any flour at that point. Note from Robin at elevation: I was very generous with the flour when rolling it out. Roll into a rectangular shape, using your hands to square the corners.)

Cut into small cakes: 1" x 2" (rectangles). Ice with powdered sugar and water icing and decorate with 1/2 blanched almond or a piece of citron. (Pat always used 1/2 blanched almond.)

Bake on parchment lined cookie sheet in a moderately slow oven, 325 degrees for about 30 minutes, until first tinge of brown on the edges. (Note from Robin: original recipe called for "ungreased cookie sheet." They were very difficult to remove, so I added parchment paper. The original recipe also had to estimated cooking time. The first batch was underdone at 20 minutes.)

Makes approximately 75 cookies.

NOTES

Notes about using parchment paper and estimated cooking time have been added to the recipe. Candied Lemon, Orange Peel, and Citron are available from Amazon.

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Lebkuchen Wittman

1 cup Honey
1/3 cube Butter
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 whole Lemon Zest (Grated rind of 1/2 lemon)
1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
2 whole Eggs
3 cups Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda Dissolved in water
2 tablespoon Water hot for dissolving baking soda
1 cup Almonds Toasted and Ground
1 cup Almonds Blanched and Halved for topping
1/2 cup Citron Cut Fine
1/4 cup Candied Orange Peel Cut Fine
1/4 cup Candied Lemon Peel Cut Fine
1 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cloves
1/2 teaspoon Allspice
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Mace

Melt and heat honey, butter, sugar, lemon rind, and lemon juice.  Let cool slightly.

Mix together 2 cups flour, spices, nuts, citron, and peel.  Add to honey mixture.

Beat in eggs and add 1 cup flour plus soda dissolved in water.  Let stand 24 hours.  (Note from Robin:  Put in the refrigerator for the last hour to make it easier to roll out.)

After 24 hours, add sufficient flour to roll dough to 1/8" thickness.  (Note from Pat:  "I have never needed to add any flour at that point.  Note from Robin at elevation:  I was very generous with the flour when rolling it out.  Roll into a rectangular shape, using your hands to square the corners.)

Cut into small cakes: 1" x 2" (rectangles).  Ice with powdered sugar and water icing and decorate with 1/2 blanched almond or a piece of citron.  (Pat always used 1/2 blanched almond.)

Bake on parchment lined cookie sheet in a moderately slow oven, 325 degrees for about 30 minutes, until first tinge of brown on the edges.  (Note from Robin:  original recipe called for "ungreased cookie sheet."  They were very difficult to remove, so I added parchment paper.  The original recipe also had to estimated cooking time.  The first batch was underdone at 20 minutes.)

Makes approximately 75 cookies.

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (22g)
Recipe Makes: 75 Servings

Calories: 83
Calories from Fat: 32 (39%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 3.6g	5 %
	Saturated Fat 1.5g	7 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 1.4g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 0.4g
Cholesterol 16.7mg		5 %
Sodium 20.7mg		1 %
Potassium 32.5mg		1 %
Total Carbohydrate 12.8g		4 %
	Dietary Fiber 0.4g	2 %
	Sugars, other 12.4g
Protein 0.9g		1 %
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