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German Honey Biscuits

traditional German recipes

Ingredients

125gms butter
2 eggs - beaten
500gms honey
500 gms sugar
½ cup water
2 tspns of bicarb dissolved in ¼ cup vinegar
1 kg flour
1 tspn cinnamon
1 tspn ground mace
1 tspn allspice

Method

Boil honey, sugar and water gently for ½ hour. Remove from the heat and add butter, stir well and allow to cool. When cold, add well beaten eggs and stir in soda and vinegar mixture. Sift flour and spices into a large bowl and add the liquid. Stir well, cover and leave in the fridge overnight to thicken. Roll out to ½ cm thickness and cut into decorative shapes Bake on lightly greased trays at 80*C for 12- 15 mins. Makes hard biscuits.

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