Lebkuchen Bar

🍪 Lebkuchen Recipe (German Christmas Cookies)

🧾 Ingredients:

• Maida (all-purpose flour) – 2 cups
• Shahad (honey) – 1 cup
• Brown sugar – ½ cup
• Anday – 2
• Baking powder – 1 tsp
• Cinnamon powder – 1 tsp
• Cloves powder – ¼ tsp
• Nutmeg powder – ¼ tsp
• Ginger powder – ½ tsp
• Lemon zest ya orange zest – 1 tsp
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
• Badam ya hazelnuts (crushed) – ½ cup

👉 Optional:

• Chocolate coating ya sugar glaze

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👨‍🍳 Method:

1. Honey + sugar garam karo
   Ek pan mein honey aur brown sugar halki heat pe melt karo (boil nahi karna). Thanda hone do.
2. Eggs mix karo
   Is mixture mein eggs aur vanilla add karke achi tarah whisk karo.
3. Dry ingredients add karo
   Maida, baking powder aur saare spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves) mix karke batter mein daal do.
4. Nuts & zest add karo
   Lemon/orange zest aur crushed nuts mix karo.
5. Dough rest
   Dough ko 30–60 minutes rest karne do (thoda sticky hota hai, ye normal hai).
6. Shape & bake
   • Oven preheat: 180°C
   • Baking tray par small rounds ya cookies shape bana lo
   • 12–15 minutes bake karo
7. Finish
   Thanda hone ke baad:
   • Ya to powdered sugar glaze karo
   • Ya melted chocolate se coat kar lo 😋

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🔥 Tip:

Asli German style mein ye cookies 1–2 din baad aur bhi tasty ho jati hain — flavor deepen ho jata hai.