Title: Leckerli Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings
1/2 c Honey
1/3 c Sugar
2-1/2 c Unsifted flour; see note
4 ts Baking powder
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1 pn Nutmeg
1 pn Ground cloves
2/3 c Sliced almonds
3 tb Candied orange peel
Finely chopped
3 tb Candied lemon peel; finely
-chopped
1 Egg
2 tb Kirsch
Or orange juice
Milk
Glaze (recipe follows)
Candied red cherries; halved
For topping
Angelica or candied citron
-peel
Cut into leaf shapes for
-topping
NOTE: When unsifted flour is called for, fluff up the flour in the sack
or container with a fork before measuring.
Preheat oven to 375°. Combine honey and sugar in a small saucepan. Heat
slowly, stirring constantly, until honey thinks and sugar dissolves; cool
slightly. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into a
large bowl. Add almonds, candied orange and lemon peels; mix to coat. Add
cooled honey mixture, egg and kirsch to flour mixture; stir with wooden
spoon until blended.
Knead dough together with palm of hand until mixture cleans side of
bowl; shape into ball; flatten slightly. Roll dough between two sheets of
wax paper to a 13x9 inch rectangle, slightly less than 1/4-inch thick,
keeping edges as even as possible. Remove top piece of wax paper; flip
dough onto lightly greased cookie sheet; remove second piece of wax paper.
Brush top lightly with milk. Bake in 375° oven for 15 minutes or until
golden brown. Remove cookie sheet to wire tack. Trim edges of cookie
dough; cut into 2-inch squares.
Make Glaze. Brush quickly over warm Leckerli. (Do not make syrup until
Leckerli are out of the oven or syrup will harden) Decorate with candied
red cherry halves and angelica leaves. Glaze will harden and turn white.
Glaze: Combine 1/2 cu granulated sugar and 3 Tablespoons water in
saucepan. Cook about 5 minutes or until it registers 235° on candy
thermometer. Brush glaze on cookies while both are still warm. Makes 2
dozen cookies.
