My Winter Recipes
Goulash or Gulasch – Hungarian Stew
Baked Apple Mulled Wine – Bratapfel-Glรผhwein
Candied Gingerbread Cookies – Elisen Lebkuchen
Hi, I'm Barbara!
Happy to have you here!
I'm a German nurse, software instructor, journalist, publisher, mother of three who also went to a cooking school. Living in Texas since 2010, I have to make most of my German dishes from scratch and I share my recipes and techniques with you.
German Christmas Recipes
Perfect Cinnamon Stars (Zimtsterne) for Christmas
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.
Schmalzgebรคck – German Fried Pastry
“It just smells like at the Christmas market!”, said my husband when he came downstairs while I was making the Schmalzgebรคck.
Slab Cookies – German Style
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
South German Potato Salad with Wieners
Germany is divided about potato salad, seriously! There is the “South German Potato Salad” (or Munich Potato Salad) with a vinaigrette and the “Berlin Potato Salad” with mayo
Heidesand – German Shortbread with Browned Butter
Heidesand is a kind of German shortbread, made with browned butter and that is what gives it its unique and wonderful taste!
How to make Potato Dumplings
Potato dumplings are a very easy side but give each meal a feeling of a holiday. This probably just me, association dumplings with Christmas dinners. When potato dumplings
Oktoberfest
Maultaschen – Swabian Filled Pasta (Ravioli)
Schupfnudeln – Potato Noodle Recipe
Easy Black Forest Cake with Strawberries
Quick Schnitzel with Hunter Sauce
Very Vanilla German Cheesecake – Vanille Kรคsekuchen
Authentic German Red Cabbage – Rotkohl
Oktoberfest Gingerbread Hearts – Lebkuchenherzen
Lebkuchen / German Gingerbread Cookies
My Favorite Vegetable Recipes
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
Creamy Leek Soup
The first recipe I was taught in school was this creamy leek soup, aka Cream of Leek. It is very
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
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
Kraut Crullers / Kraut Rolls / Krautkrapfen
Kraut Crullers are so good and I would never have expected that filling noodle dough with sauerkraut could be that
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Spรคetzle Maker & Potato Ricer
Make the famous German Spรคtzle from scratch with my recipe on this blog and use this Spรคtzle Press to get it right! Homemade spรคtzle taste so much better than the store-bought Spรคtzle noodles, it's a whole different experience!