A Day for Lecherli

In honor of being featured on Sew Mama Sew's Handcrafters Holiday Meme today, tonight I made this years batch of lecherli.

I've already had three pieces! Everyone wonders why I wait until the last moment to cook this stuff! If I don't, I eat it all before Christmas Eve.

It's particularly orange and gingerly this year. I think because I was out of allspice and just skipped it instead of running out to get more. With the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger, plus the lemon and orange peel, it's not like the all spice will be missed. The flour is a mix of the last of the whole wheat and all purpose white that happened to be in the pantry. Also the glaze is a combination of rum mixed and water mixed. Honestly it's because I used the rest of the rum in my Silk Nog. It's my one indulgence of the season.

This also marks L's first year trying lecherli. She nagged me "what's in it?" "candied what?" "Cant I try some?". She just wandered in here with a piece muttering yumm! and telling J that he *has* to try some. Great, now I'm going to have to share!

This year Christmas Eve marks my Great grandmother Oma's 104th birthday. She's old enough now that she doesn't need or want a full batch of lecherli. Instead I've packed away 4 pieces, just enough for her to enjoy with her tea, in a small mason jar. I hope she enjoys it as much as I've always enjoyed being her successor in the yearly lecherli making.