{"id":10954,"date":"2014-12-24T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T01:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/index.php\/2014\/12\/24\/rohkoestliche-lebkuchen-vegan-und-glutenfrei-3\/"},"modified":"2021-03-08T20:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T20:21:53","slug":"raw-gingerbread-german-style-lebkuchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/raw-gingerbread-german-style-lebkuchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Gingerbread (German Style Lebkuchen – Vegan, Gluten-Free)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year I’ve already made a vegan and gluten-free version of German style gingerbread<\/a>. This year I wanted to try a raw version. And the result was pretty good!<\/p>\n

I have tried a dark ‘chocolate’ icing and a light coconut-cashew icing. For the chocolate icing I used coconut sugar for sweetening. The only disadvantage is the grainy texture. If I ever get my hands on coconut nectar, I will try it! Raw cane sugar could also be an option. Both icings are great, but it also works without it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

In this recipe I’ve used hazelnuts. I find they make a very good base. You can also use different kind of nuts.<\/p>\n

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For approx. 12 gingerbread you’ll need:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 cups hazelnuts (soaked in filtered water for at least 8 hours, then drained)
\n2 cups dates, pitted and diced
\n10 dried figs
\n2 tablespoon gingerbread spice (cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, black pepper, cardamon)
\n1 pinch salt
\n1-2 tablespoon water (optional)<\/p>\n

For the chocolate icing (for 12 lebkuchen):
\n55g cacao butter
\n1 cup (100g) FAIR-TRADE cacao powder
\n1 cup (140g) coconut sugar<\/p>\n

For the coconut icing (for 12 lebkuchen):
\n40g coconut cream\/butter (made from 100% coconut)
\n10g coconut oil
\n2 tablespoon cashew butter<\/p>\n

Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pulse the hazelnuts to fine grumbles and pour into a medium sized bowl.<\/p>\n

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Pulse the dates to fine crumbles and add to the bowl.<\/p>\n

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Chop the figs to small cubes and add to the bowl.<\/p>\n

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Sprinkle with gingerbread spice and mix well.<\/p>\n

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The dough should be moist enough so that you can form the lebkuchen with your (clean) hands. Add 1-2 tablespoon of water if needed.<\/p>\n

Form the lebkuchen with your (clean) hands. Dehydrate them for a few hours. If you don’t want to store them for a long time you don’t have to dehydrate them for too long. This way they will be quite moist on the inside.<\/p>\n

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For the chocolate icing, melt the cacao butter in a small bowl that sits in a hot water bath.<\/p>\n

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Then add cacao and coconut sugar and stir well to combine.<\/p>\n

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Brush onto the lebkuchen once they have cooled down. Let the chocolate icing set before storing them away in the fridge in an air-tight container.<\/p>\n

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For the coconut-cashew icing, melt the coconut oil, coconut butter in a small bowl that sits in a hot water bath.<\/p>\n

Then add cashew butter and stir well to combine. Wait until the mixture has cooled down enough so that it isn’t too runny. But not too solid either. I know, a little tricky, but you can do it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Brush onto the lebkuchen once they have cooled down. Let the coconut cashew icing set before storing them away in the fridge in an air-tight container.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy and Happy Holidays! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year I’ve already made a vegan and gluten-free version of German style gingerbread. This year I wanted to try a raw version. And the result was pretty good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2736,885],"tags":[1195,1379,1383,1378],"class_list":["post-10954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegan-gluten-free-christmas-recipes","category-vegan-and-gluten-free-desserts-sweets","tag-gingerbread","tag-gluten-free","tag-raw","tag-vegan-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16492,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10954\/revisions\/16492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theveganmonster.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}