Grandma's Sheet Cake Lebkuchen

Ingredients

• 125 g honey
• 125 g sugar
• 50 g butter
• 125 ml milk (3.5 % fat)
• 400 g flour (+ 1 tbsp for working)
• 150 g starch
• 100 g Ground Almonds
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 0.5 tsp Cardamom
• 0.25 tsp ground cloves
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch anise
• 3 eggs
• 7 g baking soda
• 100 g shelled almond kernels

Instructions

1. 1.

   Add honey, sugar, butter and milk to a pot and heat over medium heat while stirring until the sugar dissolves. Let cool.

2. 2.

   Combine flour, starch, almonds and spices in a mixing bowl and stir. Add the cooled honey mixture and 2 eggs. Dissolve baking soda with 2 tbsp water in a small dish and add. Knead everything thoroughly with a hand mixer (kneading attachment) (add a little more flour if needed) until the dough shines and no longer sticks. Cover the bowl and let rest overnight in the refrigerator.

3. 3.

   Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Roll out the dough on a floured surface, cut into rectangles, decorate with almonds and place on the baking sheet. Whisk an egg with 2 tbsp water and brush the Lebkuchen with it. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (fan: 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for about 20 minutes. Remove Grandma’s sheet cake Lebkuchen from the pan and cool on a wire rack.