Leckerli Cookies Recipe
Yield: 6 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1/2 cup: Honey,
1/3 cup: Sugar,
2 1/2 cup: Unsifted flour, see note
4 tsp: Baking powder,
1 tsp: Ground cinnamon,
1 pinch: Nutmeg,
1 pinch: Cloves,
2/3 cup: Sliced almonds,
3 tbsp: Candied orange peel, finely chopped
3 tbsp: Candied lemon peel, finely chopped
1: Egg,
2 tbsp: Kirsch OR orange juice,
Milk,
Glaze, recipe follows
Candied red cherries, halved, for topping
Angelica or candied citron peel, cut into leaf shapes for topping
Directions:
Spices and candied fruit are in these chewy cookie squares.
NOTE: When unsifted flour is called for, fluff up the flour in the
sack orcontainer with a fork before measuring.
Preheat oven to 375~.
Combine honey and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat slowly, stirring
constantly, until honey thinks and sugar dissolves; cool slightly.
Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into a large
bowl. Add almonds, candied orange and lemon peels; mix to coat.
Add cooled honey mixture, egg and kirsch to flour mixture; stir with
wooden spoon until blended. Knead dough together with palm of hand
until mixture cleans side of bowl; shape into ball; flatten slightly.
Roll dough between two sheets of wax paper to a 13x9 inch rectangle,
slightly less than 1/4-inch thick, keeping edges as even as possible.
Remove top piece of wax paper; flip dough onto lightly greased cookie
sheet; removesecond piece of wax paper. Brush top lightly with milk.
Bake in 375~ oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove cookie
sheet to wire tack. Trim edges of cookie dough; cut into 2-inch
squares.
Make Glaze. Brush quickly over warm Leckerli. (Do not make syrup
until Leckerli are out ofthe oven or syrup will harden>) Decorate
with candied red cherry halves and angelica leaves. Glaze will harden
and turn white.
~=> Glaze: Combine 1/2 cu granulated sugar and 3 Tablespoons water in
saucepan. Cook about 5 minutes or until it registers 235~ on candy
thermometer. Brush glaze on cookies while both are still warm.
Source from luhu.jp
NOTE: When unsifted flour is called for, fluff up the flour in the
sack orcontainer with a fork before measuring.
Preheat oven to 375~.
Combine honey and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat slowly, stirring
constantly, until honey thinks and sugar dissolves; cool slightly.
Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into a large
bowl. Add almonds, candied orange and lemon peels; mix to coat.
Add cooled honey mixture, egg and kirsch to flour mixture; stir with
wooden spoon until blended. Knead dough together with palm of hand
until mixture cleans side of bowl; shape into ball; flatten slightly.
Roll dough between two sheets of wax paper to a 13x9 inch rectangle,
slightly less than 1/4-inch thick, keeping edges as even as possible.
Remove top piece of wax paper; flip dough onto lightly greased cookie
sheet; removesecond piece of wax paper. Brush top lightly with milk.
Bake in 375~ oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove cookie
sheet to wire tack. Trim edges of cookie dough; cut into 2-inch
squares.
Make Glaze. Brush quickly over warm Leckerli. (Do not make syrup
until Leckerli are out ofthe oven or syrup will harden>) Decorate
with candied red cherry halves and angelica leaves. Glaze will harden
and turn white.
~=> Glaze: Combine 1/2 cu granulated sugar and 3 Tablespoons water in
saucepan. Cook about 5 minutes or until it registers 235~ on candy
thermometer. Brush glaze on cookies while both are still warm.
Source from luhu.jp
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