Comments on: Lebkuchen – German Christmas Cookies

By: Lorna Greer

Lorna Greer — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:53:16 +0000

Me and my 4 year old are about to make these cookies. They do bring back childhood memories but my mother always bought them from the German deli. I’m looking forward to trying the homemade version.

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By: Teresa Prall

Teresa Prall — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:01:05 +0000

I have my grandmothers recipe and none of them I’ve seen online are close to her’s. She was first generation in the US so her recipe had to of come over from Germany with her mother. She was born in 1895 so mine has to be at least a 130 year old recipe. Many things are differen. Three big ones are grandma’s does not contain brown sugar, molasses or honey. Alone with different ingredians one of the most important parts of grandma’s recipe was that once they were cut out they dried over night on the ironing board.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:08:30 +0000

Hi Angie, I haven’t heard of this type of cookie and did some Googling but haven’t had much luck. I’ll keep looking and let you know if I find anything!

By: Angie Moore

Angie Moore — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:02:02 +0000

There was a German bakery in my town when I was a child. Year round they sold a cookie that had a molasses flavor, it was chewy, not to sweet, it had some small amount of candied fruit, some nuts and a glaze. It looked like they baked it in a long rectangle the width of a single cookie then they cut it into individual cookies after it was baked.
I have looked for a recipe, I have tried many, none come close to what I remember.
Do you have any idea what cookie it might be?
Thanks!

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:18:20 +0000

I made these last year and they turned out great. I personally don’t have a taste for them, but my husband said they were better than his mother’s attempt at them and that’s saying something! My lebkuchen turned out soft, so maybe those of you who have tough cookies are rolling them out too thinly or are putting in too much flour while kneading.

By: Pat Macy

Pat Macy — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:11:01 +0000

The recipe I was looking for had citron in it and a thin chocolate glaze…can you help?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:27:29 +0000

I made these as a child with my grandmother a recipe her mother had brought from Germany. I made this recipe today and the whole time I was putting the dry ingredients together I was thinking something had been left out. I baked the cookies and found them to be a little hard and came to believe the missing ingredient is baking soda. Will follow grandmothers recipe next time since I have found it.

By: Mary-Catherine

Mary-Catherine — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:58:23 +0000

The wafers you put the cookies on are called oblaten. They are thin, paperlike, and tasteless, and prevent the cookies from burning on your baking sheet. This way you don’t have to grease the baking sheet first. These are used often in german cookie recipes.

By: Mary-Catherine

Mary-Catherine — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:56:09 +0000

Try leaving apple slices in airtight containers instead. This will soften them up!

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By: adrie

adrie — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:25:43 +0000

your cookies look yummy i cooked them and my german teacher said they tasted just like the ones he had in germany

By: jen erceg

jen erceg — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:46:55 +0000

BethieofVA I have been trying hard to find a way to have their festive tins sent to australia. Schmidt will send them for $277 dollars postage… way too much. However the tin does weigh five kilos when packed.

If your german friend or yourself could give me any tips i would appreciate it.

with thanks Jen from Perth Aust.

If you can give me any clues as to

By: catherine

catherine — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:12:58 +0000

Love your site, its energetic and enthusiastic as well as yummy. However…as a journalist, I’m surprised that you didn’t credit the cookbook/cook who wrote the recipe. Just noticed this on the Lebkuchen cookie site. Maybe I missed it. If so, my apologies.

By: Patty Deffenbaugh Karber

Patty Deffenbaugh Karber — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:05:51 +0000

My Tante told me they made these at the first of December so they could hang them on the tree. Hers were usually Star shaped and hard as a rock.
We loved them anyway. She would always send me hunting for oplate? too put under her maccaroons and the lebkuchen she would make. I’d like to carry on a family tradition but she stored so many recipies in her head. Her cakes were wonderful.

By: NIck in Mass

NIck in Mass — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:54:31 +0000

I LOVE lebkuchen !! I would always beg my mother to make several batches early in the holiday period so we’d have them til after New Year’s (ya right , haha ). After she made them , we’d store them in tins and hide them in the bottom of the china cabinet until holiday company came over and then we’d retrieve them . Several times , we missed a tin or two tucked way in the back and didn’t find them until the following year and guess what ??? they were even better ! They were a little hard , but absolutely perfect for coffee/tea dunking. Thanks for the memories and now I’ll have to try my hand at making them .

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By: J. Mullenix

J. Mullenix — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:54:02 +0000

My grandparents on both sides were German, and they, like my mother, made Lebkuchen cookies for Christmas. Their receipe calls for molasses, brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, Anise oil, and Citron and candied fruit. The cookies were never soft and chewy and I can remember years when they were so hard that you had to soak them in milk to eat them. They were also brushed with honey, not frosted, and decorated with an almond sliver.

By: Tracey Price

Tracey Price — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:02:51 +0000

I just made these for my husband to try. The smell amazing while baking, they are a hard crunchy cookie but have a great flavor. Always fun a s a baker to try new recipes thanks

By: Hannah Faye

Hannah Faye — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:54:20 +0000

So I was really excited about these, and i followed your recipe exactly. They turned out rock hard and rather gross.

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By: mes

mes — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:44:49 +0000

My grandmother made Lebkuchen, though not from the same recipe. The comments on the cookie’s hardness made me smile. Grandma always made them several months in advance and stored them in tins or an old ceramic crock until the holidays. They’re so much better after they mellow for a few months, or a year.