Lebkuchen 🇦🇹 Austrian Gingerbread Cookies

Add softened butter to a bowl.

Add 2 large eggs to the bowl and mix together.

Add 1/2 cup honey to the mixture.

Combine all dry ingredients (rye flour, ground almonds, powdered sugar, lebkuchen spices) and add slowly to the wet mixture.

Knead the dough until it resembles a soft play-doh and form it into a ball.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest at room temperature for about an hour.

After resting, work with a quarter of the dough and rewrap the rest.

Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thick.

Use holiday cookie cutters to cut out shapes.

Decorate cookies with peanut halves, slivers of maraschino cherries, and slivers of almond.

Apply egg wash with a brush to the cookies for sheen.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (180°C) for about 12 to 15 minutes.

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