LEBKUCHEN 
2/3 c. honey
1/3 c. butter
1/3 c. water
4 c. flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
2/3 c. chopped nuts
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/3 c. chopped citron

Boil sugar, honey and butter for 5 minutes; cool. Beat egg and water together. Mix flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the egg mixture to the honey/sugar mixture. Stir in chopped nuts and chopped citron.

Roll out 1/4 inch thick and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake on greased cookie sheet at 350 degrees until done, but before bottom is dark. Cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet. When cool, ice with sugar glaze.

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