Duetch or Dutch "Lep" cookies?

Question

I love them! I would like a recipe and maybe a little explanation on the name of them as well. Can you help?

Answer 1

Hope one of these is what you are looking for.


Lep Cookies

1 cup Brown sugar
1 lb Melted lard
1/2 qt Molasses
1/2 qt Coffee (liquid)
1 1/2 tbl Soda
1/2 cup Whiskey
1/2 lb Walnuts, ground
1 lb Raisins, ground
1/2 tbl Nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp Cloves, cinnamon, salt, & allspice
Flour, enough to make a rather stiff dough

Roll on floured board (about 1/2" thick) and cut into desired shapes with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes.
Notes: These cookies are best if left to "age" a little. Store them in an airtight container and you will be amazed at the difference in the taste after one week.
To grind the walnuts and raisins, I usually mix them with the coffee and put them in the blender.
Add just enough flour to make the dough easy to manage, without sticking.
Too much flour will give you a dry cookie.

Dutch Cookies

Ingredients :

2 cup All-purpose flour
1/8 tsp Salt
1 cup Butter or margarine
1 cup Brown sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1 x Egg yolk
1 x Egg white, slightly beaten
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
3/4 cup Almonds, sliced

Method :
Stir together flour and salt. In a large mixer bowl, beat butter or margarine with electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar and vanilla; beat until fluffy. Add egg yolk; beat until well combined. Stir dry ingredients into sugar mixture, mixing well Pat batter evenly in a ungreased 15 x 10 x 1" baking pan. Brush top with beaten egg white. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle evenly over top. Sprinkle almonds over all. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 to 18 minutes or until light brown. Cut into 1 1/2" diamonds while warm. Cool in pan. Remove from pan with spatula.

Answer 2

I'm Dutch and got lot of cookie-recipes on my site ( http://www.jannekes.eu ) but no lep cookies. I guess you're looking for the German (Duits) lebkuchen. Got a recipe of that on my cookies-page.
This is the english wikipedia version of the lebkuchen page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebkuchen

Greetz from the Netherlands


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