Can anyone here read German? If so, might you translate the recipe below?

her is the Murbeteig Platzien translation

250g flour
50g sugar
100g marzipan rohmasse(I believe this is almond paste)
150g butter
1 egg yolk
flour for rolling
combine all ingredients and mix well, kneading a bit to make a smooth dough. cover and let rest in refrigerator at least 30 minutes. Roll out to about 3mm thick and cut with cutters, using flour as needed. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet and bake in 175C(about 350F) oven for 10-12 minutes.

 
the Lebkuchen

375g dark beet sugar syrup(I would use dark corn syrup or a light molasses or combination, even honey would work since they refer to the "honig" mixture in the directions)
50g brown sugar(use dark if using honey)
100 g butter
2T lebkuchen spice mixture(Richard posted a recipe here)
500g flour
1 packet baking powder(you can find Oetker's at lots of places, it is about 5tsp,good for 500g flour)
flour for rolling
combine syrup, sugar and butter in a saucepan and heat and stir until sugar is melted. cool.
add the spice mixture to the cooled mixture. put flour and baking powder in a bowl, mix well and make a well. pour the syrup mixture into the well and then start mixing it into the flour from the middle in(like when making pasta). Hand mix and knead until it comes together into a dough. cool in refrigerator overnight. roll out on floured surface and cut out cookies. Place on parchment covered cookie sheets and bake at 180C(about 360F) for 10-12 minutes. cool on rack.

 
the Tip

to 200g marzipan rohmasse(almond paste) add 100g powdered sugar. knead well. roll out 5mm thick and cut with cutters. let dry a bit and you have a marzipan confection. can be dipped in dipping chocolate or "abflammen"(not sure what this is) for Konigsberger marzipan.

 
It's online only -- they went on clearance at the stores (oops thought you meant cutters - nevermind

I talked to 2 stores about these. They didn't say anything about them coming back for the holidays, only that they put them on clearance and weren't expected to get them back in at the store.

I've looked online for the actual recipe on the box, because anything that might puff some I'd think would be a problem with the print, but nobody has posted it that I can find.

ETA
Yes, I've seen the M in stores.

 
I'm thinking that they are using almond paste, not the candy marzipan. the paste would be easier

to mix into the flour and not as stiff, also not as sweet. "roh" means raw in German, so that's why I'm thinking it's the paste. I tried to Google but didn't get a definitive answer. marzipan can be very stiff and hard to combine with something else. I think adding almond paste(or marzipan) would make this a stiffer dough---easier to hold a shape, and also would flavor of almond. would have to make sure to let people know that there were nuts in it, for any allergies.

 
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