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Bribery and Baked Goods
Jun. 11th, 2009 10:57 pmMy kitchen smells like Gargoyles Statuary right now, thanks to the massive amounts of clove in these cookies. Lebkuchen are great because they are dairy-free, honey-based bar cookies you can make way ahead. They're unusual in that you make them by hand in a saucepot. Really.
You boil the honey, let it cool, and add brown sugar, lemon juice and zest, and one egg. Then you add the dry ingredients to that and bake in a 9x13 pan.
This is Joy of Cooking 1997's recipe. I used TJ's Mesquite Honey, and weighed out the flour as per Alton Brown's conversion (2 1/2 c = 337 g). I sifted everything together in the food processor, including a ton of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. The dough ends up very crumbly, kind of like cheesecake crust might. The gooey ingredients measure (another AB rec) is a total lifesaver when measuring honey. What I don't recommend is grating your finger while zesting a lemon. Ow.
The frosting is powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla. Easiest frosting in the world to make and to spread, especially over hot bar cookies. Now they cool, and I seal them off from air until Monday morning. They're to thank my students for putting up with a new teacher.
You boil the honey, let it cool, and add brown sugar, lemon juice and zest, and one egg. Then you add the dry ingredients to that and bake in a 9x13 pan.
This is Joy of Cooking 1997's recipe. I used TJ's Mesquite Honey, and weighed out the flour as per Alton Brown's conversion (2 1/2 c = 337 g). I sifted everything together in the food processor, including a ton of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. The dough ends up very crumbly, kind of like cheesecake crust might. The gooey ingredients measure (another AB rec) is a total lifesaver when measuring honey. What I don't recommend is grating your finger while zesting a lemon. Ow.
The frosting is powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla. Easiest frosting in the world to make and to spread, especially over hot bar cookies. Now they cool, and I seal them off from air until Monday morning. They're to thank my students for putting up with a new teacher.
