Recipes · German · Gingerbread
Lebkuchen (Spiced Honey Cookies)
One serving has 277 kcal and 6 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (40%), copper (36%) and riboflavin (22%). Ready in 80 minutes.
- Preparation: 60 min
- Cooking: 20 min
- Makes: 1 serving (72.3 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian, Dairy-free
- Contains: egg, gluten, honey, nut
Ingredients
- 15 g Flour, all-purpose
- 20 g Honey
- 8 g Sugar, brown
- 10 g Almonds
- 0.5 g Cinnamon
- 0.1 g Cloves
- 0.1 g Cardamom
- 0.1 g Nutmeg
- 0.5 g Baking soda
- 8 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 10 g Chocolate, dark
Method
- Makes 2 cookies as one serving; multiply the ingredients by 10 for a batch of about 20. Warm the honey slightly, then beat it with the brown sugar, egg and ground almonds until smooth.
- Mix in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and nutmeg to make a firm, sticky dough; let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Divide into 2 mounds and flatten slightly on a lined tray.
- Bake at 170 °C (340 °F) for 12-15 minutes until just firm to the touch; the cookies will feel soft but firm up as they cool.
- Melt the chocolate and dip the top of each cooled cookie in it.
- Let the chocolate set; Lebkuchen actually taste best after mellowing for a day or two in an airtight tin.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 277 kcal | 13% |
| Carbohydrates | 43.2 g | |
| Water | 12.1 mL | |
| Fiber | 3.1 g | 11% |
| Protein | 5.6 g | 12% |
| Tryptophan | 0.05 g | |
| Threonine | 0.15 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.18 g | |
| Leucine | 0.34 g | |
| Lysine | 0.17 g | |
| Methionine | 0.07 g | |
| Cystine | 0.08 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.25 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.13 g | |
| Valine | 0.22 g | |
| Histidine | 0.11 g | |
| Fat | 10.2 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 4.8 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.6 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.5 g | |
| Saturated | 3.1 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.01 g | |
| Cholesterol | 30.1 mg | |
| Calcium | 55 mg | 5% |
| Copper | 0.32 mg | 36% |
| Iron | 2.6 mg | 14% |
| Magnesium | 56.1 mg | 18% |
| Manganese | 0.72 mg | 40% |
| Phosphorus | 113 mg | 16% |
| Potassium | 198 mg | 4% |
| Selenium | 8.9 µg | 16% |
| Sodium | 154 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.92 mg | 12% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.15 mg | 14% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.24 mg | 22% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.4 mg | 10% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.3 mg | 6% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.05 mg | 4% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 36.2 µg | 9% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.1 µg | 4% |
| Choline | 29.4 mg | 7% |
| Vitamin A | 13.1 µg | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0.14 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 6.6 IU | 1% |
| Vitamin E | 2.8 mg | 18% |
| Vitamin K | 1.1 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.3 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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