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Celebrating Bake Off week two: Iced Lebkuchen Biscuits

Iced Lebkuchen Biscuits

Celebrating Bake Off week two: Iced Lebkuchen Biscuits

Once again we’re marking the return of The Great British Bake Off to screens with a recipe of our own for you to make. Where last week was all about cake, this week we’re sharing a real Bettys favourite – the recipe for our much-loved Lebkuchen biscuits. Soft, honeyed and lightly spiced, these continental specialities are easy to bake but offer endless scope to show off your decorating skills.

Ingredients

For the biscuits:

  • 230g self raising flour
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 85g soft brown sugar
  • 60ml clear honey
  • 120g butter
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • Glacé cherries and almonds for decoration

For the icing:

  • 230g icing sugar
  • 1 egg white

Method

For the biscuits:

  • Step 1 Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan assisted). Line two baking trays with baking parchment paper.
  • Step 2 Place the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
  • Step 3 Warm the honey, butter and spices in a heavy based saucepan over a low heat until the butter has melted. Pour into the flour mixture and mix well until a dough has formed.
  • Step 4 Cover and leave to cool in the fridge.
  • Step 5 Roll the dough out to approximately 3mm thick and cut your desired shapes.
  • Step 6 Carefully place the biscuits on the two baking trays, leaving room for them to expand, and decorate with the glacé cherries and almonds as desired. Bake for 7-9 minutes until slightly golden on the edges.
  • Step 7 Transfer to a wire rack to cool thoroughly before decorating with icing.

For the icing:

  • Step 1 In a clean bowl whisk the egg white until it forms soft peaks.
  • Step 2 Gradually whisk the icing sugar into the egg white to form a stiff icing.
  • Step 3 Place the icing in a piping bag fitted with a nozzle. Once filled, twist the top of the bag to create tension.
  • Step 4 To pipe your design, squeeze gently and consistently, applying pressure with one hand and supporting the bag with the other. Allow the icing to drop onto the biscuit and then re-adjust the tension in the piping bag before continuing to pipe your design.

We’ll be sharing more delicious Bettys recipes as The Great British Bake Off unfolds. In the meantime, we’d love to see your biscuits and judge them 10/10 for icing skills. But if you’d rather leave things to the experts (both on- and offscreen), then we have you covered. Just visit one of our five Bettys tea rooms and shops and choose your own biscuits to take home, or browse our biscuit selection here to discover the delights we can send to your door.