Elisenlebkuchen

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• Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 50g sugar
  • 125g honey
  • 4-5 tsp Lebkuchen spice
  • 200g ground almonds
  • 200g ground hazelnuts
  • 50g candied lemon peel
  • 50g candied orange peel
  • 3/8 tsp Hirschhornsalz
  • 1/4 tsp salt
• Instructions
  • Mix almonds, hazelnuts, spice, and Hirschhornsalz together and set aside
  • Beat eggs, sugar, and salt until the mixture is fluffy
  • Add honey, candied lemon peel, and candied orange peel and mix well
    • Note: you're not supposed to mix it too much to preserve the fluff, but sometimes it's quite difficult to get the honey and candied peels mixed properly otherwise
  • Mix in nut mixture
  • Create patties about 7cm in diameter and 0.5-1cm thick on a tray
    • Note: it is easiest to form them properly with wet fingers
  • Leave on tray for at least 1 hour (ideally overnight)
  • Bake at 150 C for 20-25 minutes, until they are light brown
    • Warning: watch them carefully, they burn quite easily
  • Glaze with chocolate or other glazing
  • Notes
    • Usually, these are made on top of "Backoblaten" (thin wafer papers for baking), but I am not a huge fan of those