German Dominosteine or Domino Cubes

german domino cubes

Dominosteine or Domino Cubes are traditional German Christmas cookies and, to be honest, are not the easiest cookies to make. You need to have some good baking experience for making them. They consist of a Lebkuchen dough and have layers of marzipan and jam…

German Peanut Cookies

Ingredients German Peanut Cookies (makes 80- cookies) 300 g flour 1 heaped tbsp baking powder 1 egg 150 g walnuts 1 dash salt 200 g soft butter 75 g peanut butter 2 vanilla beans 175 g raw sugar 250 g dark baking chocolate chips…

Old Fashioned Filled Almond Christmas Cookies

You have found a traditional Austrian recipe for today’s Old Fashioned Filled Almond Christmas Cookies. This recipe is more than 100 years old. The cookies are little pockets filled with a  delicious almond filling. They are also called  almond pockets. Even it is an ancient…

German Christmas Cookies: Vanilla Pretzel

What about German Christmas Cookies Vanilla Pretzel? Christmas is getting closer and closer and you might need some wonderful German Christmas Cookies for your family. Try the vanilla Pretzel or chocolate Pretzel! They are super delicious cookies. This is a very traditional and authentic…

German Orange-Poppy Christmas Cookies

Ingredients German Orange-Poppy Christmas Cookies (makes 50 pieces) 125 g soft butter 75 g powdered sugar 2 vanilla beans 5 egg yolks 1 tbsp grated orange peel (organic) 275 g flour 1 point of a knife baking powder 100 g poppy seed filling (Mohnback)…

German Filled Plum Cookies for the Holidays

German Filled Plum Cookies Plum are wonderful for the holidays! They are rectangle shaped German Christmas cookies that iare filled with plum jam or as we call it in German “Plaumenmus”. The German plum jam is thicker and richer than the usual jam and…

Butter Cookies from Scratch

Butter cookies from scratch are not only great for Christmas! You can enjoy them at any time of the year. For Valentines Day use heart shaped cookie cutters and sprinkle the top with red cookie decorations. What to do with the egg yolks when…