Elisen Lebkuchen

Like gingerbread but much better

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 450 g sugar
• 200 g dried fruits (dates, apricots, plums, raisins, cranberries, …)
• 200 g marzipan (almond paste)
• 200 g ground hazelnut
• 200 g ground almonds
• 100 g chopped almonds
• 10 g lebkuchen spice
• juice of one lemon (about 4 EL)
• 30 round wafers (Oblaten), 50 mm diameter

Tip: If you have trouble finding round wafers, search for “altar bread” or “communion wafers”

Instructions

Using a stand mixer, whisk the eggs until foamy, then add marzipan and sugar. Cut the dried fruits into small pieces and combine them with the nuts, until the fruits are no longer sticky. Mix the lebkuchen spice, the lemon juice, and the fruits/nuts into the egg mixture. If you can, split the wavers with a knife into two round slices, so they are as thin as possible, then add approximately a tablespoon of dough onto each waver-half.

Bake for about 20 minutes at 320°F (160°C).

After the cookies are cold, cover them with lemon or chocolate glaze.

Tip: When shaping the cookie on the wafers, leave a bit of space as the cookie will spread a bit while baking.