17th Century Recipe Found. German Gingerbread.

Take 20 litres of honey and boil it together with 2 litres of water. Add in cinnamon and nutmeg, a healthy amount of ginger and pepper, plus some aniseed and coriander. Mix it all together with rye flour and water.

http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/medieval-manuscripts-and-xmas-recipes-abbey-library-a-trove