I decided to make these for me and my family :D I forgot to take pics but they turned out pretty darn similar lol. Hope its an alright how-to. All comments welcome :) Thx!
P.S The 10min is for fan assisted ovens and is only the baking time. Preparation is15min and cooling 30min-1hour. Have fun!
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Tip the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
2
Heat the honey and butter in a pan over a low heat until the butter melts.
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Then pour into the flour mixture along with the lemon zest.
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Mix well until the dough is combined and fairly solid. Cover and leave to cool.
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Heat oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4.
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Using your hands, roll dough into about 30 balls, each 3cm wide, then flatten each one slightly into a disk. (kinda like this pic but your dough should be a different colour.)
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Bake for 10mins, then cool on a wire rack. No, not that cat, the dough!!! lol sorry couldn't resist :D
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Divide the biscuits between two baking trays lined with baking parchment, leaving room for them to expand. (Same as above: your should be a different colour than in pic.)
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To ice the biscuits, mix together the icing sugar, egg white and 1-2 tbsp water to form a smooth, runny icing.
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Dip the top of each biscuit in the icing and spread with the back of a knife.
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Alternatively you can melt some chocolate and cover the top of them in chocolate instead. Both taste equally nice:D
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Hope that was easy to follow and that you now have the finished Lebkuchen. The best bit is they even smell really chrissmassy!