Hunter’s Sauce – Jaeger Sauce
Jaeger Sauce is best known for the Jaegerschnitzel (hunter’s cutlet) but is also often served with game and beef. There …
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All recipes on this blog are loved by our family, but this selection shows, who loves it in particular. Maybe a good hint who might like it in your family?
Best German Seed Bread, Authentic Vollkornbrot
A German seed bread that tastes just like from a German bakery – soft and fresh and with delicious seeds …
Alsatian Dinner Rolls
The region of Alsace has a history of belonging sometimes to France and sometimes to Germany. It’s French now but …
German Mole Cake
We Germans are not known to have a lot of humor but I think this cake actually is funny … …
Pears, Beans & Bacon (Birnen, Bohnen & Speck)
A beloved Fall recipe from Hamburg is Pears, Beans & Bacon. My grandmother made this every Fall and everyone enjoyed …
Beet Salad – Beet Root Salad
Beets usually come in a jar like pickles … at least in Germany. They are also a great Fall vegetable …
Plum Dumplings & Apricot Dumplings
In Germany, Austria and also in Hungary, dumplings are in general a beloved dish. Whether savory or sweet, there are …
Domino Stones – Dominosteine – Chocolate Dominos
Domino Stones or as we call them “Domino Steine” are tiny, delicious, 3-layer Christmas cakes, covered in chocolate. The name …
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Slab Cookies – German Style
Slab Cookies are the perfect solution for holiday baking with very little time. Skip the cookie cutters and complicated decoration …
German Caramel Apple Cake (Pie)
Caramel Apple Cake (or pie) brings all the wonderful flavors of Fall together. It makes a great appearance at the …
Baking My Marzipan Wedding Cake … 25 years later!
The 25th Anniversary is called the “silver wedding” (Silber Hochzeit) in Germany. My husband and I just reached this milestone …
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Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream
Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream is delicious and very typical for Germany. What pecans are for the people in Texas, that’s …
Strawberry Cream Cake
I’ve been baking this strawberry cream cake for the last couple of weeks many times and I thought I should …
Roasted Veggies in Peanut Sauce with Crispy Tofu
“Roasted Veggies in Peanut Sauce” – that doesn’t sound German! Well, after asking on Facebook whether my followers would be …
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Crispy Bavarian Pork Roast with Beer Sauce
Crunchy, crispy pork roast the way it’s done in Bavaria and as the cherry on top: Beer Sauce! Feels like …
Creamed Spinach – German Style
Wonder how to make delicious creamed spinach? Look no further, I have the perfect recipe for it! Even if you …
German Vegetable Soup with Meatballs
There are basically no limits to soup variations but a German Vegetable Soup comes with a basic recipe that then …
Baked Apple Mulled Wine – Bratapfel-Glühwein
Glühwein – mulled wine – comes in several different versions and Baked Apple Mulled Wine is my translation for a …
Potato Pockets / Stuffed Potato Cakes
Potato Pockets or Stuffed Potato Cakes are often found on the menus of less formal and lower-priced restaurants. Made at …
Soft Pretzel Braids / Pretzel Rolls
I love pretzels but I like soft pretzel braids even better! They are so fluffy and much easier to eat …
Toast Hawaii
It’s often the simple things that give us comfort and Toast Hawaii is such a simple thing. An easy, open-face …
Stick Bread: Campfire Bread on a Stick
Stick Bread is in a way also a breadstick but the name comes from the fact that it is baked …
Fruit Bar – Fruit Slice Snacks
My Fruit Bar Snacks are based on the German treat called Fruchtschnitte or Obstschnitte. You can create countless variations of …
German Candy “Nippon”
German Candy is delicious and I miss it quite a lot! Care packages from Germany are expensive and often take …
How To Bake Rustic Rolls
We have so many different, wonderful bread rolls in Germany that it’s often hard to choose! These rustic rolls are …
How To Make A Perfect Schnitzel
The perfect Schnitzel has a gap of air between the breading and the meat, it is also crisp on the …
Carrot cake with Spelt Flour – super moist!
This is – hands down – the best carrot cake one can bake! It is moist and delicious, has nutritional …
Russian Bread (cookies) – German Alphabet Cookies
When I was little, I called Russian Bread “ABC Cookies”. These crisp cookies come in the shape of our alphabetical …
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Sour Roast – traditional German Pot Roast “Sauerbraten”
Sauerbraten is translated to Sour Roast and is a German pot roast with a slightly sour taste for the meat …
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German Cheese-Cream Cake – Käsesahnetorte
Käsesahnetorte – in English “Cheese-Cream Cake” is the cake that you will always find in a German bakery! It’s a …