Basler Leckerli
A country inn recipe for Basler Leckerli.
Ingredients
- 1 cup ground mixed peel, recipe follows
- 1 0.5 cup whole unblanched almonds
- 0.8 cup honey (try a flavored honey like Buckwheat or orangeblossom)
- 1 0.3 cup sugar
Instructions
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juice and zest of 1 lemon 1 1/2 tbsp. Kirsch or Brandy 4 cups all purpose flour dash salt 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/4 tsp. cloves 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. baking soda Grind almonds and fruit peel. Set aside. Mix dry ingredients and place in mound on pastry board. Heat honey and sugar to boiling point. Add lemon juice and zest. Remove from heat. Add ground almonds, peel, Kirsch and stir until well blended. Make a small well in center of dry ingredients and pour in honey mixture. Lightly fold all ingredients together making soft crumbles. Do not make into a firm ball. When
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evenly mixed and still warm, sprinkle crumbles onto ungreased jelly roll pan or shallow baking sheet with rim. Use rolling pin to flatten mixture in pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes. Cut into diamond or square shapes while still warm. Brush with a thin mixture of 1 cup icing sugar and 3 tablespoons water. Allow to cool. Remove from pan and store. (These will keep up to three months, if they last that long.)