[RMDupree]

I figured that lembas would be quite chewy for some reason, but reading back it is described as "crisp".

"The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream. Gimli took up one of the cakes and looked at it with a doubtful eye.

'Cram,' he said under his breath, as he broke off a crisp corner and nibbled at it. His expression quickly changed, and he ate all the rest of the cake with relish."

So it actually is more cake-like and crisp, rather than bread-like and chewy. You are correct.

[RosieCotton]

I knew darn well it wouldn't end up right the first time, though. So I'll go back and start again. ;-) And without honey, which appealed to me because it's kinda natural like and it seems like that's what the elves would be more likely to use, but I KNEW it was bound to make a chewy end product.

Maybe something like arrowroot biscuits, only baked in thin squares?

[SuziQ]

"The food was mostly in the form of very thin cakes, made of a meal that was baked a light brown on the outside, and inside was the colour of cream.

Shortbread?

[DonnerT]

Tennessee Lembas has a lot of molasses in it.