Every year my wonderful Oma would send over packets of Chocolate Lebkuchen cookies and Pffernussen for our Christmas treats along with a Stollen.

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Lebkuchen wasn't available back then in the supermarket but we can usually find them there starting from early November! I do find myself buying them too but it is always lovely to bake your own if you can.

What is Lebkuchen

Lebkuchen is a traditional soft, moist, honey-sweetened German biscuit/cookie which has a lovely warm, spiced taste. Traditionally eaten during the Christmas period, they are a wonderfully delicious tea time treat.

They are really quick and easy to make. A simple dough recipe with added ground almonds and a selection of store cupboard Christmas warming spices. 

They make lovely Christmas gifts too, press the dough into different shapes. lightly ice or coat in chocolate and present in a box.

For another great Christmas cookie option, try these no spread sugar cookies. These cherry blossom cookies or chocolate peppermint cookies would also make awesome gifts during the holidays!

These matcha cookies are also a great treat, they are perfectly chewy and loaded with chocolate chips!

Our version of Chocolate Lebkuchen cookies are egg-free and refined sugar-free.

How long will Lebkuchen cookies keep?

Kept in a cake tin, Lebkuchen cookies should keep for a few days. If they do start to harden, they are still always great dunked into tea or coffee!

Ingredients needed for Chocolate Lebkuchen Cookies

• plain flour
• ground almonds
• ground ginger
• ground cinnamon
• ground cloves
• ground nutmeg
• or use our Gingerbread Spice Mix in place of the 4 spices above.
• cocoa powder
• baking powder
• bicarbonate of soda
• clear honey
• butter
• plain chocolate

How to make Chocolate Lebkuchen Cookies

• First combine the flour, ground almonds, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg spices, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into large bowl.

• Melt the butter and the honey over a low heat, stir until the butter melts. Take off the heat and allow to cool a little.
• Pour the butter/honey mix into the dry ingredients and combine well to form a stiff dough.

• Heat your oven now to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
• Shape the dough into small golf ball sized balls. This recipe makes 11 larger Lebkuchen cookies, halve the size of the balls to double up and make smaller Lebkuchen.
• Place on a lined baking tray, well spaced apart. (I use a macaron pan as it makes lovely round Lebkuchen cookies).
• Flatten each piece of dough to make a round biscuit/cookie shape.

• Bake for 15 minutes. Don't over bake as the cookies should have soft centre.
• Cool on a wire rack.

• Break the chocolate into pieces and place into a bowl over simmering water. Stir until the chocolate has gently melted.

• Either dip the Lebkuchen cookies into the chocolate and half dip or spoon the chocolate over them.
• Leave the cookies to set on a wire rack.

More baking recipes:

• Mini Christmas Cakes
• Puff Pastry Mince Pies
• Stollen Pastries
• Healthier Blackberry Muffins
• Vegan Almond Flaxseed Oat Cookies
• Fudgy Double Chocolate Gluten-free Brownies

This post was first published in December 2012, updated in 2020 with new photographs.

Chocolate Lebkuchen Cookies

These Chocolate Lebkuchen Cookies are such a delicious treat to make!  They are super easy and fill of chocolatey goodness.

5 from 2 votes

Author: ND

Servings 11

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PREP 20 minutes mins

COOK 15 minutes mins

Additional Time 10 minutes mins

TOTAL 45 minutes mins

Ingredients

 

US CustomaryMetric

• ▢ 225 grams plain flour
• ▢ 50 grams ground almonds
• ▢ 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• ▢ 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ▢ ½ teaspoon of ground cloves
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• ▢ 3 teaspoons cocoa powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• ▢ 150 grams honey
• ▢ 80 grams butter
• ▢ 150 g plain chocolate

Instructions

 

• Combine the flour, ground almonds, ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a medium sized bowl.
• Melt the butter and honey in a pan over a low heat, stirring until the butter melts. Take off the heat and allow to cool.
• Pour the honey butter mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well to make a stiff dough. 
• Heat your oven now to 180 C/160 C fan/gas 4.
• Shape the dough into small golf ball sized balls.  Place on a lined baking tray, well spaced apart. (I used my macaron pans which make a perfect round shape).  Flatten each one to make a round cookie.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
• Break the chocolate into pieces and place in a bowl over simmering water, heat gently.  When melted dip the cooled cookies into the chocolate to half coat or spoon the chocolate over.
• Place the cookies on a wire rack to set.

*Make sure to scroll up and read the post for substitutions, additions and helpful tips for making this recipe.

Cuisine Baking

Calories 274kcal

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Lebkuchen Cookies

Serving Size

 

1 g

Amount per Serving

Calories

274

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

13

g

20

%

Saturated Fat

 

7

g

44

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

5

g

Cholesterol

 

19

mg

6

%

Sodium

 

126

mg

5

%

Carbohydrates

 

37

g

12

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

19

g

21

%

Protein

 

4

g

8

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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