The inspiration for these cookies are the iconic German lebkuchen, a highly-spiced cookie that’s often baked and cut into large squares or portioned into large rounds and topped with whole almonds.

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To prepare the lebkuchen, place the shelled nuts and half of the sugar (80 g) into a mixer (1). Pulse intermittently to obtain powdered nuts with some coarser pieces (2). Pour into a bowl and set ...

Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C in a fan oven), 400°F, gas 6. Heat the honey with the sugar and the butter, stirring continuously until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and pour into a ...

Make our biscotti, with a German-inspired twist. Lebkuchen is one of the main things I look forward to eating at Christmastime. The real deal (I get mine in Lidl) are hot with spice, carrying the ...

Winter baking practically demands the addition of warming ginger: here it's paired with white chocolate in a comforting Christmas bread and cinnamon and cloves in spiced biscuits. Ginger is one of the ...

You've been baking sourdough bread and making kimchi and sauerkraut and kombucha (or at least consuming them), all foodstuffs that take their sweet time. But have you been taking the long view to ...

These are a quintessential German Christmas. They taste like gingerbread although there is none included. The recipe makes about 30; cooking time is about 30 minutes (the dough must rest overnight ).