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• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 20 minutes, Preparation Time - 60 minutes

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| 1. Bring molasses, honey, and sugar to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium heat, then remove from heat and allow to cool for 30 minutes. | 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 3. Stir in anise, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, lemon zest, and butter. Dissolve baking soda in water, then stir into the molasses mixture. Sift together 6 cups of flour with the baking powder and cocoa powder into a large bowl. Stir in molasses mixture and eggs until smooth. Stir in remaining 3 cups flour until a stiff dough has formed. | 4. Divide dough into 4 pieces to make it more manageable. Roll the dough to 1/4-inch thick on a well floured surface and cut into shapes with a cookie cutter. | 5. Bake cookies on ungreased baking sheets 8 to 10 minutes until lightly browned around the edges. Cool completely on a wire rack. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
molasses	1 1/2	cups		1465.95	377.7602	0.0	0.5055
honey	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
white sugar	1 1/2	cups		1161.0	299.94	0.0	0.0
anise seed	1	teaspoon	ground	7.077000000000001	1.0504	0.3696	0.3339
cardamom	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.11	0.6847	0.1076	0.067
ginger	1	teaspoon	ground	1.6	0.3554	0.0364	0.015
nutmeg	1	teaspoon	ground	11.55	1.0844	0.1285	0.7988
clove	3/4	teaspoon	ground	4.3155	1.0321	0.094	0.2048
cinnamon	3/4	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
lemon zest	1 1/2	teaspoons	grated	-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	cut	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
baking soda	2	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	6	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1	tablespoon		7.314	3.8226	0.0	0.0
cocoa powder	1/4	cup		49.02	12.4485	4.2139999999999995	2.9455
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
purpose flour	3	cups		-	-	-	-

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