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1. Tip the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Heat the honey and butter in a pan over a low heat until the butter melts, then pour into the flour mixture along with the lemon zest. Mix well until the dough is combined and fairly solid. Cover and leave to cool.
2. Heat oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4. Using your hands, roll dough into about 30 balls, each 3cm wide, then flatten each one slightly into a disk. Divide the biscuits between two baking trays lined with baking parchment, leaving room for them to expand. Bake for 15 mins, then cool on a wire rack.
3. To ice the biscuits, mix together the icing sugar, egg white and 1-2 tbsp water to form a smooth, runny icing. Dip the top of each biscuit in the icing and spread with the back of a knife. Leave to dry out in a warm

102 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 16g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0.5g, salt 0.16 g

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• Liz

  15 November 2007

  Liz rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Not what I expected. Very tasty, but I wanted something that resembled the lebkuchen one buys. This was a denser more biscuity morsel. May be the way they were formed. I'll try making them twice as big.

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  18 November 2007

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  Very easy to make. They smell like christmas!

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• Snowball

  24 November 2007

  Snowball rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very easy to make and tasted better than the bought ones. I would recommend making thin ones if you want something like the ones from the shop.

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  04 October 2008

  AlanWooler commented on this recipe

  Sorry to be so silly, but I am new to cooking. What is "pinch each ground cloves"? Is this one pinch of ground clove?

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  02 November 2008

  Wendy commented on this recipe

  In response to AlanWooler, I think they mean a pinch of each of the 3 spices listed

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• Katie

  02 November 2008

  Katie commented on this recipe

  I made these the other day they tasted fantastic, decided I am going to make as Chrsitmas presents for family. just a note for people using fan assisted ovens only bake for 12 minutes. yum.

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• Qian Dao

  22 December 2008

  Qian Dao commented on this recipe

  These biscuits are great!! They bring Christmas cheer. A nice winter warmer any time of year. Try them Metta Qian

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• alexia

  03 February 2009

  alexia commented on this recipe

  My daughter asked me to bake her gingerbread-man biscuits, so I have found this recipe. Fantastic taste and what a great fun to make it with your kid. Love it. Definitely will make again

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• Mrs Horse

  05 February 2009

  Mrs Horse rated and commented on this recipe

  

  These biscuits are SO easy to make and were very tasty indeed - I didn't even put the icing on the top and my biscuits disappeared within 5 mintes of setting them down! I will defo make these again!

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• Cat_Stan

  09 November 2009

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  Any idea how long these will keep in an airtight container? I want to make some as Christmas presents!

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Ingredients

• 250g plain flour
• 85g ground almonds
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• pinch each ground cloves , grated nutmeg and black pepper
• 200ml clear honey
• 85g butter
• 1 lemon , finely grated zest

FOR THE ICING

• 100g icing sugar
• 1 egg white , beaten

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Difficulty and servings

Makes 30

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 15 mins

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat

Freeze dough only

Ingredients

• 250g plain flour
• 85g ground almonds
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• pinch each ground cloves , grated nutmeg and black pepper
• 200ml clear honey
• 85g butter
• 1 lemon , finely grated zest

FOR THE ICING

• 100g icing sugar
• 1 egg white , beaten

102 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 16g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0.5g, salt 0.16 g

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