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My German grandmother made these every year at Christmastime
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Recipe type: Cookie
Serves: 2 dozen
Ingredients
  • 1 egg
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup dark molasses
  • 3 cups flour, sifted
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ½ cup slivered almonds
  • ½ cup mixed candied fruit, finely diced
Instructions
  1. Beat egg, add sugar, and beat together
  2. Stir in honey and molasses
  3. Sift together dry ingredients; add to the first mixture, mix well
  4. Stir in nuts, fruits
  5. Chill several hours
  6. Roll out on a floured baking surface ¼”. Cut into rectangles
  7. Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 12 minutes
  8. Cool slightly. While warm brush with lemon glaze: 1 beaten egg white, 1 T lemon juice, ½ teaspoon grated lemon peel, dash of salt, 1 ½ cups powdered sugar.
Recipe by Good Parenting Brighter Children at https://goodparentingbrighterchildren.com/christmas-goodies/