Cracking good German ginger cookies – news bulletin

Cracking good German ginger cookies

Dec 14 – A baker in the southern German city of Nuremberg gears up for the busy Christmas season, by baking traditional Lebkuchen gingerbread cookies. Tara Cleary reports


Cracking good German ginger cookies

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  1. This baker specialises in lebkuchen.
  2. A lot of people buy lebkuchen at Christmas.
  3. Lebkuchen are made with ginger.
  4. The baker has only recently started making these cookies.
  5. The recipe is a secret.
  6. Lebkuchen can be made quite quickly.
  7. The cookies come in all different shapes.
  8. The cookies must rest for 45 hours before cooking.
  9. The lebkuchen from this bakery are expensive.
  10. Customers spend a long time choosing the right lebkuchen.

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