Lebkuchen Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 c. mixed glace fruit
1/4 tsp. grated orange peel
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. freeze-dried coffee
1/2 c. butter or margarine
1/4 c. packed brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/3 c. honey
1/2 c. sourdough starter
rum glaze
1 3/4 c. all-purpose white flour

Preparation

Mix walnuts, fruit and orange peel. Combine flour, soda, spices and coffee.
Sprinkle over fruit and nut mixture.
Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg.
Add honey and sourdough starter alternately with flour and nut mixture.
Mix well. Spread on greased jelly roll pan. Bake in preheated 375\u00b0 oven for 15 minutes or until done. Remove from oven. Frost with rum glaze.
Cool. Cut into bars.
Yields 2 dozen cookies.