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Three Different Easter Cookies

Wow, I believe I was naive. When I asked you if you would be interested in my Easter cookies, 82% of you replied postively when I asked you on Instagram. I honestly didn’t expect that. Unfortunately, cookies are usually only baked during the winter and Christmas season in Germany. We even have a special word for it “Plätzchen” instead of ‘Kekse.” I love cookies all year round and for that reason published a cookie recipe recently. In February I introduced you to chocolate chip cookies with whisky. But apparently Easter is the big exception and even Germans don’t mind a cookie during this season, so yay, cookie time it is. As is often the case, I also shipped some cookies to some friends of mine who can’t bake anymore or simply don’t have time. The ones pictured were shipped one way or another. Today I will introduce the three types of cookies you see pictured below. These are hazelnut cookies as rabbites, lemon cookies with lemon curd, also shown as rabbits, and lambs and Easter eggs, which are sugar cookies with royal icing. I made the hazelnut and lemon cookies as sandwich cookies, glued together with hazelnut cream or lemon curd. They are similar to Linzer cookies. Since I didn’t have the correct cookie cutters for Linzer, I cut out the hole with a nozzle.

04/04/2025

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Whisky

If you know me, it won’t come as a surprise that I am a huge fan of any type of chocolate chip cookie. I tried so many different recipes before I finally settled on this recipe for chocolate chip cookies. The below recipe contains whisky or bourbon, and also includes rye flour and rolled oats. It is only a distant relative of the original, but be it as it may, these cookies are extremely delicious. You will definitely taste the whisky flavor, but it is not too dominant. The only downside is that you definitely need to chill these cookies as otherwise you will not get a lot of whisky flavor. Best is 24 hours or overnight.

21/02/2025

New Edition: Alfajores Marplatenses

I probably sound like a broken record, but my very favorite cookie from my birth place Uruguay is alfajores marplatenses. This translates to a chocolate sandwich cookie, which is filled with caramel aka dulce de leche. A decadent delicacy. Obviously I already have a recipe on the blog, however, this time I thought I may give another recipe a try. The recipe below follows the recipe by Isabel Vermal, an Argentinian pastry maker. Her dough is slightly different from my first recipe, it is slightly drier and contains more flour. It is a beautiful contrast to the dulce de leche filling. May I interest you in making below recipe?

10/01/2025

Inspiration with my Cookie Plate with 14 Different Cookies

Are you also baking cookies for the season? I was and it is so much fun! You especially seem to like my new recipe for spritz cookies without a cookie press. Below I give you a lot of new ideas (including previious years of my cookie plate) so that you have an abundance of cookies available. Have fun baking!

03/12/2024

Springerle Cookies from Germany

Have you heard of Springerle cookies from Germany? Traditionally they are made with anise seed. However, I don’t really like that flavor and instead made them with orange zest and vanilla extract. If you want to do the traditional flavor, I have you covered as well. Springerle cookies are a cookie that needs to be made in advance. It takes three days until they are baked and will intesify in flavor over the course of weeks. For that reason I recommend making them already now if you want to try them for Christmas. If you believe Wikipedia, Springerle cookies were already made in the Middle Ages and served for a lot of festivities, including weddings. The cookie molds were made from pear trees and passed down from generation to generation. I found my cookie mold here in Munich at the store Holzstandl, you may also try Etsy.

07/11/2024

Spritz Cookies with no Cookies Press

Spritz cookies without any cookie press, this is what I am presenting to you today. All you will need is a piping bag with a star tip and you should be good to go. In order for it to work, there are two secrets: first the consistency of the dough can be altered by adding milk by the spoonful, and second, in order for the piping bag not to explode, we will fasten it with some scotch tape. Kindly note that you need to find the happy middle between very dense dough, which is hard to pipe and dough that is too loose so the cookies won’t hold their shape. It does require a bit of experimenting until you have the right consistency. I hope that below instructions are helpful.
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07/11/2024

Sandwich-Cookies: Alfajores with Almonds

Have you every heard of “alfajores”? These are sandwich cookies that are usually filled with the caramel cream called dulce de leche. They originally stem from Andalucia in Spain, but have become extremely popular in Uruguay and Argentina. Supposedly about 10 million (!) alfajores are sold each day in Argentina in 2023. The “original” is usually made with flour and cornstarch and creates this nice crunchy texture, however, my version below contains flour and almonds instead. The classic alfajor is usually rolled in coconut flakes, however, I will used chopped almonds for this version.

06/11/2024

Vegan Gingerbread Houses for the Mug

Aren’t these tiny gingerbread houses cute? Bonus point, they are even vegan, I tried for the first time vegan royal icing and the secret is chickpea brine! That is the only “funny” ingredient you need, but other than that, all pretty normal. Of course I already have these cute little gingerbread houses here on the blog. Those are made with normal royal icing, which has egg whites. However, this time I decided to make them fully vegan. I already knew that making the dough vegan was super easy as it does not contain any egg (or potassium carbonate, which for some strange reason is used in seasonal baking in Germany). So I knew the only obstacle to tackle was the vegan icing. Royal icing contains egg whites, however, we are going to use the brine of chickpeas, also known as aquafaba. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was. So are you in? Do you want to gift these to somebody?

05/11/2024

Taiwanese Pineapple Cookies: Fengli Su

Guys, I will do a cookie week starting as of today. I decided to do this early so that you can research recipes and plan ahead. You may even ship cookies and for that it is always better to start in advance, I at least freeze mine before I send them out. You can read about how to ship cookies in this blog post. However, let’s get back to these Taiwanese pineapple cookies. I found the recipe on the German blog Life is full of goodies, Mara self-published a cookie cookbook, it is called “Internationales Plätzchenbuch“. She glazed hers, I decided to leave mine plain and just dust them with some icing sugar. Continue Reading…

04/11/2024

Updated Version: Chocolate Cookies with a Caramel Center

If it were for me, we could skip Halloween all together and dive right into Christmas season. Do you also feel that way? For me fall is perfect for a nice cookie, they are simply comfort food for me, cozy and simple. I remembered that I have a wonderful chocolate cookie on the blog with a caramel center. So I decided to revisit the recipe and tweak it a little bit. I mean, I originally published the recipe in 2017 and I do have a bit more baking experience under my belt. You won’t believe how many cookies I have baked in the last seven years as a pronounced cookie monster. The below recipe has a slightly lower amount of butter and chocolate chunks and I also decided to make them a bit smaller. Also, I decided to sprinkle the cookies with sea salt after baking. Seriously, it took nothing for the cookies to disappear and I need to make more again…

23/10/2024

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