Black and White Cookies – Schwarz-Weiß-Gebäck
If you want to impress your friends with your baking skills, try out these beautiful cookies. These cookies are actually a lot simpler to make than one thinks! Ingredients: 500 g flour250 g butter125 g confectioners’ sugar1 dash of salt2 eggs2 tablespoons cocoa50 g grated semi-sweet chocolate1 egg white Instructions:…
Children’s Cookies – Weihnachtsplätzchen
When the sweet smell of freshly baked Christmas cookies wafts through the house, the best time of the year has arrived. Enjoy this recipe! Ingredients: 250 g (1 ½ cups) flour125 g (½ cup) butter160 g (¾ cup) sugar1 teaspoon vanilla sugar1 eggpinch of salt Instructions: Combine all ingredients into…
Cinnamon Stars – Zimtsterne
Cinnamon stars are traditional Christmas cookies from Swabia and are made from a nut meringue topped with a mixture of egg whites and sugar. Ingredients: 500 g (4 ½ cups) ground almonds5 egg whites450 g (3 ¾ cups) confectioners’ sugar2 teaspoons cinnamon1 tablespoon Kirschschnaps (cherry liquor) Instructions: Beat egg whites…
Dresdner Christstollen – Christmas Stollen
For the Dough: 1 cup lukewarm whole milk 3 teaspoons active dry yeast 1/2 cup granulated sugar 4 cups all-purpose flour. Add more flour as needed if dough is too wet. 1 large egg 2 large egg yolks 3/4 cup unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks) , at room temperature so…
Honiglebkuchen – Honey Gingerbread
Ingredients 500g honey 1.1 lbs4 eggs375g sugar 1 ¾ cup + 2tbsp.1/2 lemon zest 1Tbsp cinnamon1 pinch ground cloves1 pinch star-anise1 Tsp anise1 pinch nutmeg1 pinch ginger1 pinch coriander 100g candied lemon peel 2/3 cup100g candied orange peel 2/3 cup200g almonds 1 1/3 cup2 Tbsp arrack 10g salts of harts…
Hussar Biscuits – Husarenkrapferl
These cookies are small shortbread pastries filled mostly with red jam. They are found in traditional Austrian Christmas baking. The recipe is mostly unchanged since the second half of the 18th century. Ingredients: 200 g all-purpose flour100 g icing sugar8 g vanilla sugar100 g ground almonds2 egg yolks150 g unsalted…
Jam Cookies – Spitzbuben / Hildabrötchen
These delicious cookies are considered traditional Christmas cookies in Germany, while in Austria they are year-round. There are also different names for them, “Spitzbuben” is a regional synonym for “Hildabrötchen”. Not only are there different names for these cookies but the shape can vary. The hole in the middle is…
Lübeck Style Coconut Macaroons – Lübecker Kokosmakronen
The recipe comes from the city of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein, on the Baltic Sea coast. Ingredients: 250 g (2 ⅔ cups) coconut flakes, unsweetened5 egg whites250 g (1 ½ cups) confectioners’ sugar400 g (1 ⅔ cups) marzipan 2 tablespoons rumzest from ½ lemon90 g (⅓ cup) unsweetened chocolate2 tablespoons unsalted…
Lumumba – Tote Tante
Ingredients 2 cl hot rum 1 cup hot chocolate whipped cream chocolate flakes Preparation Pour the hot rum in a large cup. Add the hot chocolate. Garnish with whipped cream and sprinkle with chocolate flakes. Enjoy. Picture ©GNU Free Documentation License
Marzipan Braid – Marzipanzopf
This recipe makes a fluffy yeast dough, with a nice and sweet with marzipan and crunchy almonds. The braid tastes fantastic from breakfast to having friends over for an afternoon. Ingredients: 5 cups flour1 teaspoon yeast1 cup milk⅓ cup sugar1 tablespoon sugar⅓ cup butter1 teaspoon vanilla extractPinch of salt¾ cup…