Elisen Gingerbread with Sugar Glaze – 6 pieces

Elisen Lebkuchen with Sugar Glaze – 6 pcs. in Hatzel Gift Bag

Handmade Hatzel Elisen Lebkuchen Sugar Glaze, 6 pieces in a gift bag, from the Hatzel Lebkuchen confectionery in the Fichtel Mountains, are baked according to Grandfather Hatzel's recipe. We'll let you in on a secret: many aromatic hazelnuts and crunchy almonds form the base, the finest marzipan and a sophisticated mixture of candied citrus peels provide refinement, and the secret family spice blend rounds off the taste.

The Hatzel brothers have packed six handmade Elisen Lebkuchen, covered with a delicate sugar glaze and decorated with almonds, into the gift bag and tied them with a dark red, elegant ribbon, making them the ultimate Lebkuchen gift. For all those who prefer Lebkuchen without chocolate or want to give them as a gift.

Hatzel Lebkuchen – Handcraft with Tradition

Master confectioner Lorenz Hatzel founded a confectionery with an attached café in 1928 in Selb on Ludwigstrasse. Even then, he produced extremely tasty Elisen Lebkuchen purely by hand according to his own recipe. His son, master confectioner Martin Hatzel, took over the business, which he in turn handed down to his sons, master confectioners Christian Hatzel and Michael Hatzel, who now run the Lebkuchen manufactory with great passion.

Since its founding days, the Hatzel family has lived and worked in the beautiful Fichtel Mountains and, in their artisan bakery, they produce handmade Elisen Lebkuchen, now in the third generation, according to Lorenz Hatzel's original recipe, using his old hand-spreading machine, with which the sticky dough with extra many almonds and nuts is applied to the wafer.

Masterful confectionery art, pure handcraft, and recipes handed down for generations form the basis for baking the tasty Hatzel Elisen Lebkuchen. The traditional tools used in the bakery still include copper kettles, whisks, wooden spoons, rolling pins, dough scrapers, and all the others that have proven their worth for decades.