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LEBKUCHEN

Posted by Anna Kosa

This kind of cookie is better to serve on the next day; this way it gets nice and soft!

INGREDIENTS

PROCEDURE

  • 3 eggs

  • 200 gr sugar

  • 55 gr flour

  • 2 tsp cocoa powder

  • 175 gr almond flour

  • Zest of 4 oranges

  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon 

  • ½ tsp ground cardamom

  • ¼ tsp ground cloves 

  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 

  • Apricot jam

  • Dark chocolate pâte à glacer

  • Whip the eggs and the sugar until pale and fluffy.

  • Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.

  • Fold mixed dry ingredients into the egg foam.

  • With a pastry bag, pipe 1” size rounds onto a papered sheet tray 1” apart. Bake at 325F 5-10 minutes.

  • Sandwich cookies with apricot jam. Set it in fridge.

  • Melt chocolate on water bath; if it looks too thick, add a little vegetable oil.

  • Dip cookie sandwiches in dark chocolate glaze.

  • Set chocolate glazed cookies in fridge.

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