CHRISTMAS

Christmas season is a festive time full of traditions in Germany. It is a time for baking cookies, decorations, ornaments, and fairy-tale like Christmas markets. It is the time of the year where you are continuously enchanted by the sweet smell of mulled wine, hot chocolate and exotic spices. You won’t be missing any magic…

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Christmas in Germany is unthinkable without these vanilla crescent cookies. Their buttery crumble infused with vanilla appeals to all tastebuds around the world, and especially at Christmas! Known as “Vanille Kipferl” in Germany and Austria, these crescent-shaped cookies are flavoured with vanilla and made of butter and finely ground nuts. Traditionally they should be eggless…

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As I mentioned in earlier posts about Christmas baking in Germany, cookie baking is a kind of national sport in German homes. The more you bake the merrier is the Advent season, and the happier is your family! These scrumptious chocolate cookies have all the ingredients for a melt-in-the mouth tasting experience. Flavoured with cinnamon,…

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Baking cookies for Christmas is a German affair. A tradition passed on from generations to the next, baking a wide assortment of delectable cookies is each family’s pride. Recipes are shared and passed on from generations to the next. With no German ancestry myself except for my husband’s family, I was fascinated by my mother-in-law’s…

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The classic among all cookies, sablé is a melt in the mouth affair with apricot jam tucked in between two crumbly, buttery cookies. Everybody loves sablé. These scrumptious cookies are baked all year round and not only at Christmas. They are a life saviour anytime I need an easy dessert for a dinner party. The…

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