Christmas is coming and I made a little list with my favorite German Christmas cookies. Everybody has his/her personal favorites – maybe because he/she had it in their childhood or just because they taste delicious. My list is a mix of recipes I know for quite some time and is circulating in my family for ages… and some are “new stuff” I discovered not too long ago. Because? ALL DELICIOUS! ;)
I think I almost killed some snowmen today. I actually wanted to make Cookies for Cookie Friday with nice good looking snowmen on top, but somehow they started to melt… no idea why?! Maybe it’s the climate change? But no… Trump says that is fake new :P Well… I guess we have to live with these half-melted Snowman Cookies. Still good!
Cheers! Don’t worry I haven’t started to drink while I am writing recipes and articles, either did I develop such a habit while baking ;) But there is a reason for the “cheers” – the new Tullamore D.E.W XO plays an important part in these Caribbean inspired Shortbread today, so I guess you can serve a glass with it. Right?! Well then… cheers again!
Here in Germany, we have some bakes and sweets that have kind of weird names – even for us Germans ;) People eat things like “Liebesknochen” aka. Lovebones or “Schweineohren” aka. Pigs Ears (that is something sweet, not actual ears from pigs) or “Katzenzungen” aka. Cat Tongues (yeah I know… weird). The name of today’s “Christmas Cookie Friday” cookies can easily be put into the same category of weirdness: Engelsaugen aka. Angel Eyes. In general a nice name, but when you look at the cookies and imagine angels with that kind of red eyes?! Oh boy… ;)
What are your favorite Christmas cookies? The classic ones or the fancy new stuff that pops up each year in magazines or on blogs (like this one here)? ;) I am definitely a fan of the typical cookies and all the Christmas bakes I know since I’m a kid… cinnamon stars, the basic shortbread cookies in many different shapes and of course my all-time favorite: Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Crescents). So good! Today’s “Heidesand” cookies were not on my Christmas cookie list until lately… that’s probably because they are typical in the north of Germany but not so much in the south where I am coming from ;)
You probably all know Florentines, right? Here in Germany, they are sold all year round in many bakeries and supermarkets. For me, they are actually something I only make for Christmas. I made them for the first time about 10-12 years ago and since then almost every year around Christmas. You see… I like them a lot ;) This year I decided to leave the usual path and try something else with those quite special cookies… that‘s why I ended up with Cranberry Macadamia Florentines this year ;)
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
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