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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> Austrian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Combine honey and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat slowly, stirring constantly, until honey thins and sugar dissolves; cool slightly. | 2. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into a large bowl. | 3. Add almonds, candied orange and lemon peels; mix to coat. | 4. Add cooled honey mixture, egg and kirsch to flour mixture; stir with wooden spoon until blended. | 5. Knead dough together with palm of hand until mixture cleans side of bowl; shape into ball; flatten slightly. | 6. Roll dough between two sheets of wax paper to a 13x9 inch rectangle, slightly less than 1/4 inch thich, keeping edges as even as possible. | 7. Remove top piece of wax paper; flip dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; remove second piece of wax paper. | 8. Brush top lightly with milk. | 9. Bake in a moderate over (375 degrees F) for 15 minutes or until golden brown. | 10. Remove cookie sheet to wire rack. | 11. Trim edges of cookie dough; cut into 2-inch squares. | 12. Make GLAZE: Combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 3 Tbsp water in saucepan. Cook about 5 minutes or until it registers 235 degrees F on candy thermometer. | 13. Brush Glaze quickly over warm Leckerli. (Do not make glaze until Leckerli are out of the oven or it will harden.) | 14. Decorate with candied red cherry halves and angelica leaves. (Glaze will harden and turn white.). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
honey	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
sugar	1/3	cup		268.66	67.1987	0.0	0.0
flour	2 1/2	cups	unsifted	911.4	67.032	79.40100000000001	43.365
baking powder	4	teaspoons		9.752	5.0968	0.0	0.0
cinnamon	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1	pinch		0.7219	0.0678	0.008	0.0499
clove	1	pinch		0.3596	0.086	0.0078	0.0171
almond	2/3	cup	sliced	1284.7467	0.0	0.0	145.3333
orange peel	3	tablespoons	candied chopped	17.46	4.5	0.27	0.036000000000000004
lemon peel	3	tablespoons	candied chopped	8.46	2.88	0.27	0.054000000000000006
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
kirsch	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
milk				-	-	-	-
red cherry		halved	candied	-	-	-	-
angelica			cut	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.