January is the month (after the holidays) where everybody is running to the gym and starts eating healthy stuff. Who cares?! I got something today that will give you the sugar rush of your lifetime! ;) Homemade Honeycomb aka. Sponge Toffee. One of the weirdest sweets I know…
All Souls’ Day is not a public holiday here in Germany (well – it is a holiday, but you still have to work). In the south, the day before is a public holiday (All Saints’ Day). Anyway. Not sure how it is in other countries – many started celebrating Halloween on the 31st and that day got muuuuch bigger over the years than All Saints’ Day or All Souls’ Day together ;) In Mexico the 2nd of November is a big celebration even though it is not named All Souls’ Day – they call it “Día de los Muertos” aka. “The day of the dead”. And as you probably noticed already – I am celebrating that day this year with some special Day of the Dead Cookies… a day early though :P
Carnival (Mardi Gras) is a big thing here in Germany… well at least in some areas ;) My hometown goes crazy for a whole week, so do people in the area around Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Mainz. A week where everything is loud and colorful. We here in Berlin do not do anything when there is carnival time in Germany. It’s like “don’t bother us – it does not exist” ;P
Cinnamon in bakes is always a good idea, right?! I could eat cinnamon rolls all day long. In combination with some nuts they get even better I think. That’s why I made my Cinnamon Sticky Buns today with pecans. So good. So sticky ;) In case you are going to bake these fellas one day, you will see yourself. Awesome combination! The minute they hit the oven you can smell them in the complete house. I’m drooling already just thinking of it ;)
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 ;)
Let’s get some of the sun back we had this summer! Here in Germany we had loads of sun this year, but after a couple weeks with less daylight I already want summer back! Even though I hate sweating and the temperatures in my apartment on a hot summer day. But I need the light in the morning and in the evening! Maybe these Lemon Sugar Cookies can help. They look at least a bit like a summer treat :P
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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