Linzer Cookies
While Linzer Cookies have their origin in Austria, they are also very common in Germany. Linzer Cookies are easy to make but decoration methods differ. I chose a …
While Linzer Cookies have their origin in Austria, they are also very common in Germany. Linzer Cookies are easy to make but decoration methods differ. I chose a …
Domino Stones or as we call them “Domino Steine” are tiny, delicious, 3-layer Christmas cakes, covered in chocolate. The name probably comes from the domino game because these …
Slab Cookies are the perfect solution for holiday baking with very little time. Skip the cookie cutters and complicated decoration and just go for what’s most important: The …
Pfeffernüsse, or Peppernuts in English, are typical Christmas cookies in Germany and the pepper is not just in the name!
German Candy is delicious and I miss it quite a lot! Care packages from Germany are expensive and often take weeks to get to Texas, so I found …
When I was little, I called Russian Bread “ABC Cookies”. These crisp cookies come in the shape of our alphabetical letters, just like the Alphabet Cookies here in …
Russian Bread (cookies) – German Alphabet Cookies Continue »
Mutzenmandeln get their name from their shape: The word “Mandeln” means “Almonds” and these sweet carnival pastries are shaped like almonds.
These are the softest Spritz Cookies ever! They are so good, I have to bake them weekly because my family is begging for more. There is the secret …
You might know Spekulatius Cookies as Speculaas Cookies or Speculoos Cookies here in the US. They originate in the Netherlands and are thin, crisp cookies that ususaly come …
Bake the Best Speculaas Cookies: Spekulatius Vanilla Oreos Continue »
If you want to bake Spekulatius Cookies, you will need the Spekulatius Spice Mix and her is the recipe for it!
A sweet treat that Germans like to grab at the bakery, is Almond Crescents or Almond Horns. Mandelhörnchen – that’s their German name – are pure bliss and …
These Apple Yogurt Swirls will surprise you with a dough that seems to be yeast dough … but isn’t! It is made with a quark oil dough (quark …
Vanilla Crescents are almond cookies with a rich vanilla taste and a moon shape. We call them Vanillekipferl and they have a soft texture that gently falls apart …
I can’t describe how delicious Cinnamon Stars are! To make the perfect cinnamon stars, you need to try my recipe and method and you will not regret it. …
Perfect Cinnamon Stars (Zimtsterne) for Christmas Continue »
Heidesand is a kind of German shortbread, made with browned butter and that is what gives it its unique and wonderful taste!
Apple Beignets are a healthy and yet delicious snack for Fall and Winter. They are apple slices in a pancake batter, fried and then turned in a sugar …
When I first learned how to make Marzipan, I thought that must be wrong: Only 3 ingredients? That can’t be right. But it really is all you … …
This recipe for fried Snowballs is a regional specialty from a German town, called Rothenburg ob der Tauber. I have never heard of it until a friend at …
If you want to buy German Gingerbread spice mix, you need to be fast during Fall: It is often sold out long before Christmas. But why worry about …
There must be a reason, why I am already doing a third German Gingerbread Cookie recipe on my blog, right? Maybe I really, really like Gingerbread? Must be …
“It just smells like at the Christmas market!”, said my husband when he came downstairs while I was making the Schmalzgebäck.
They look like cookies but they are not – they are actually little quark cakes made from a “Quark-Oil Dough”. It is a very easy and very quick …
This is my favorite German cookie recipe for cookies all year round – but I especially use it to bake Christmas Cookies! The texture of these cookies is …
Oktoberfest is all about beer, Brathändel (rotisserie chicken) … and Lebkuchenherzen (Oktoberfest Gingerbread Hearts)!
Homemade Lebkuchen is something you really MUST try! These cookies are a favorite every Christmas … and even after. They taste like nothing you have had before but …