The Best German Lebkuchen (Soft Gingerbread Cookies)

These soft German Lebkuchen cookies are loaded with festive gingerbread spices, dried apricot, a little cocoa powder, & dipped in chocolate. Perfect for the holiday season & now 100% gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and dairy-free, too! 😍

Printable recipe with instructions, substitutes, nutrition facts, and lots of helpful tips:

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INGREDIENTS:

Soft gingerbread:
100 g (3/4 cup) buckwheat flour or all-purpose flour
100 g (1 cup) finely ground almonds or hazelnuts
2 tsp baking powder
1 Tbsp cocoa powder
4 tsp gingerbread spice
2 tsp orange zest
150 g (1/2 cup) date syrup or maple syrup
50 g (3 Tbsp) almond butter or nut/seed butter of your choice
180-200 ml (3/4 cup) dairy-free milk
70 g (7) dried apricots chopped into small pieces

Chocolate coating:
150 g (5.3 oz) dairy-free dark chocolate
2 tsp coconut oil

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[Iamwhoiam]

Lebkuchen!!! Lecker!! 😋🤎
Frohe Weihnachten Ela! 🤗🎅🏼🎄🎁🛍️

[fegy]

זה ניראה טעים וקל הכנה ובריא יותר תודה רבה על זה ❤😋😋

[zdenkavais]

Die BESTEN Lebkuchen die ich je gegessen habe 🍩🥰😋

[steveroberts]

I know Christmas is nearly here when I taste the first one of the season !

[khanhlyo]

C'est trop mignon et bon merci beaucoup ❤

[ashtweth]

Always amazing and easy recipes, so cheap to make, Thank you so much, German gingerbread I first saw when someone made a Gravey from German gingerbread, and I couldn't believe it. Smart people the Germans (Haha).

[sweetlana]

Thank you so much! My son is coming home for Xmas, and he is on a gluten free diet. These would be just perfect for him! :))))

[roshnivansh]

So lucky to see this hit First ❤❤❤❤


Thank you for the recipe

[opheliabells]

made these even though I didn't have all the ingredients, so used 1 tbsp of molasses instead of the spices and 1 tbsp brown sugar also didn't have cocoa powder also didn't add the nut butter but still they ended up coming out perfectly fine, wish I had apricots but at least had dried cranberries and of course yum.🍩🍩next year will have the mold and all the ingredients ready. Thanks!

[mattiarenzi]

These look amazing! More traditional recipes with GF and vegan alternatives 😊

[PattonScr]

Wow, thanks so much for the recipe, Ela! I had no idea those gingerbread cookies can be made at home. I really like them and I know them from the supermarket (Lidl 😉) but I thought they are produced only commercially.

[frithkin]

Oh my Glob I love Lebkuchen so much but havent had them for a long time and this recipe has inspired me to make them. Yummy vegan Lieb Kuchen !!