Lebkuchen Figures

Ingredients

• 225 g butter
• 225 g brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 350 g beet syrup
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 0.25 tsp Salt
• 475 g flour
• flour (for dusting)
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 1 tsp orange juice
• orange stars

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat the butter with the sugar until fluffy. Fold in the egg. Stir in the syrup, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, baking powder and salt, then gradually knead in the flour until a smooth dough forms. Divide the dough into quarters and shape each into flat discs, wrap in plastic wrap, and chill for about 3 hours.

2. 2.

   After chilling, roll out the dough pieces on a floured surface to about 4 mm thickness and cut out figures. Chill again for another 20 minutes.

3. 3.

   Preheat the oven to 200°C (392°F) with both fan and conventional heat.

4. 4.

   Place the figures on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.

5. 5.

   For decoration, whisk powdered sugar with orange juice until thick, fill a piping bag, pipe designs onto the figures and garnish with orange stars. Let dry and set.