Sweet German Bread Einback – German Specialty

Sweet German Bread Einback

The sweet German bread “Einback” is very popular in Germany and you can buy it in many bakeries. The best is the crust. It is soft inside but the crust is a little bit crunchy. It is not comparable with the sweet bread that…

German Style Bread Baked in Dutch Oven

german style bread

The German Style bread baked in a dutch oven or a cast iron form is very easy to make, you just need a cast iron pot or a Dutch oven. Such a pot can also be used for other dishes such as pot roasts….

Arme Ritter Original Recipe – French Toast German Style

arme ritter french toast german style

Today’s recipe is called Arme Ritter (French Toast in English), and it is a traditional dish that can be traced back to the Romans. The antique cooking book De re coquinaria describes this dish following:  „Zerbrich abgeriebene Siligenen (= Winterweizengebäcke), mache größere Häppchen, tauche sie…

German Brotchen Semmel Authentic Recipe

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This German Brotchen Semmel Recipe is a proven German recipe using German ingredients. We cannot guarantee the results as the American ingredients such as yeast and flour are different. Please use the pages that are providing more information about yeast and flour. We recommend:…

German Bakery: Holiday Christmas Weckmann

nikolaus weckmann

What is a Weckmann? The Weckmann out of yeast dough is a sweet bread that is also called “Stutenkerl, Grittibänz or Klausenmann”, baked especially in the holiday season from North to South. The following recipe is a universal recipe, and can be used for…

German Weckmann Sweet Bread Nikolaus

The German Weckmann Sweet Bread for St Martin’s Day is an old German tradition. Plural of a Weckmann would be Weckmänner, and there is no direct translation. It’s sweet bread formed to a Nikolaus type figure. In some regions the Weckmann is not a…

Original Friesland Sugar Bread

Let’s do an excursion to the North of Germany, to Friesland and it’s beautiful islands. We found a recipe the Friesland Sugar bread which is a sweet bread that is popular in this region of the North. The sugar bread has some sweet and…