Gifts that you have made yourself are special so I decided to do some baking. My favourite are Nuremburg Lebkuchen and I made a batch from two different recipes.

https://www.daringgourmet.com/traditional-nuernberger-elisenlebkuchen-german-lebkuchen/
My husband really likes these ones with very nutty and chewy texture (These are more lumpy ones to the right of the picture.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/nuernberger-lebkuchen-recipe-for-german-lebkuchen-1446589

I like the second ones which a more “cakey”. I did tinker with the recipe, I used brown sugar, reducing the quantity to 150 grams and then adding 1/2 cup of honey along and also some vanilla paste.