German Gingerbread (Lebkuchen)

Ingredients

·         ½ cup Honey (125g)

·         ¾ cup and 1/8 cup Sugar (200g/ 7oz.)

·         3 ¼ tsp Vanilla Sugar (15.5g)

·         ½ c and 1/8 cup Butter/ Margarine (150g/ 5.25oz)

·         4 Tbs Milk

·         3 drops Bitter Almond Aroma (Extract)

·         1 level tsp Cinnamon

·         1 ¾ cup All Purpose Flour (400g)

·         2 level Tbs. Coco

·         A little less than ½ cup Cornstarch (100g/ 3.5 oz)

·         3 ¼ tsp Baking powder (15.5g)

Directions

·         Preheat oven to 347-392  F. (

·         Mix together the honey, sugar, vanilla sugar, butter and milk in a medium sauce pan. Place the mixture over a low heat and slowly warm and melt the ingredients until they a creamy consistency and until it has a homogeneous mixture. Mix throughout melting process to avoid burning.

·         Allow the mixture to cool. While cooling prepare the dry ingredients.

·         Mix together rest of the ingredients and then add the cooled wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix well.

·          Roll out dough to a ½ cm thickness. Cut out cookies with cookie cutters and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10-15 minutes.