My Favourite Gingerbread Lebkuchen

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This is a very easy dough to work with and really great to make shapes or even a house. i made a house with a very basic plan that i scribbled on some paper and it was terrific! From good taste magazine december 2007. similar to lebkuchen.

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Steps

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Place butter , sugar and treacle in a small saucepan over low heat , stir until the butter melts and sugar dissolves.

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Set aside for 10 minutes to cool slightly.

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Combine butter mixture and eggs in a large bowl.

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Sift combined remaining ingredients over the butter mixture.

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Turn onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead until smooth.

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Shape into a disc and cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour to rest.

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Preheat oven to 180 degrees , roll out dough to required thickness and make required shapes.

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Place shapes onto nonstick baking paper and bake for 5 minutes , or until golden.

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Let sit on trays for another 5 minutes before removing onto a wire rack to cool.

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Decorate as desired.

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Ingredients

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butter, brown sugar, treacle, eggs, plain flour, self raising flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, bicarbonate of soda