Lebkuchen (Gingerbread)

Ingredients

• •2 3/4 cups sifted flour
• •1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• •1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• •1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• •1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• •1/2 cup chopped pecans
• •1 egg slightly beaten
• •1 cup dark corn syrup
• •3/4 cup light brown sugar
• •1 tablespoon lemon juice
• •1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• •1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• •1 tablespoon water

Directions

1. 1Sift together flour, soda and spices; stir in nuts. Beat egg and add corn syrup, sugar, lemon juice and rind and mix well. Stir in the flour
2. 2mixture. Divide the dough in half and put it on greased and floured
3. 3baking sheets. Flatten dough with moistened hands to 1/8th of an inch in thickness. Bake in 400 degree oven 13-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
4. 4Remove from oven and brush with icing made by mixing confectioners’
5. 5sugar withwater. Cut while still warm. Cover and store in a tightly
6. 6fitting container.