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Speculoos, Stollen, Marzipan Confections... German Christmas Cookies & Other European Holiday Treats
Speculoos, Stollen, Marzipan Confections... German Christmas Cookies & Other European Holiday Treats | Nicole Spohn
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From the author of German Food Recipes and German Chocolate Cake & Other Baking Recipes comes this intimate look into European kitchens during the holiday season. A festive collection of unique German Christmas cookie recipes and other authentic European holiday treats, including the Mediterranean Anise Cookies, the celebrated Spritz and a secret Stollen recipe that has been passed on through generations of the authors own family ... every single recipe in this Christmas cookie book has been adapted and scaled for easy to follow home baking and comes with simple step by step instructions. But not only that, the great thing about this recipe book for holiday baking is that it provides in-depth explanations of the often very particular ingredients in European holiday cookies as well as plenty of ideas where to find them. And, even better, it will provide you with options for delicious substitutes! Looking to add some old world charm to this years Christmas cookie jar or simply want to do something different this holiday season to impress friends and family? Then this book is for you.
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Bookwormjillk
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Here‘s my finished stollen. It took me half the day to make it, but wow it was so worth it. I wouldn‘t be surprised if I make another one before the year is done. #FoodAndLit #Germany

MaGoose Looks delicious 2y
Gissy 😋🍌🍓🍰 2y
MoonWitch94 Looks yummy! 2y
Catsandbooks Looks so tasty!! 🇩🇪 2y
Sapphire Yum! 2y
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jenniferw88
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julesG A dad joke! 🤣🤣 And I laughed. Hard. 4y
StayCurious Great job! 4y
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TheNerdyProfessor
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I made homemade Stollen for the first time (German Christmas bread). It's very time consuming and takes two weeks for the bread to cure... Here we snuck a piece before wrapping it up! Looking forward to eating this Christmas morning 😋 #wintergames #teamrednosedreindeer

Pageturner1 looks delicious 😋 4y
Sharpeipup Looks good! 4y
StayCurious wow looks great! 4y
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julesG
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#HolidayGratitudeChallenge @ErinSueG

Stollen!
It's a German speciality eaten at Christmas time. Although I know how to make it, just like Christmas biscuits, I don't make it myself.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stollen

Erinsuereads Yummmmmmmmmmm 6y
GingerAntics Oh I‘ve had this. It‘s SO good!!! I got my family to try it after my German teacher brought us some her mother had made (back home in Germany) in 2nd grade. We got it every year after that. 6y
Megabooks We give this to friends and neighbors every year! A local bakery makes them. 6y
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jmofo This is one of my favorites! My gramma makes it every year but it‘s always dry so we spread butter on it and eat it with our coffee. 💜 6y
julesG @jmofo I have my great-grandmother's heirloom recipe. The resulting Stollen contains butter, it's brushed regularly with butter (similar to a British Christmas pudding). It's so fluffy and buttery. If it wasn't for the dried fruit, it could be some French pastry. 😁😁😁 6y
jmofo @julesG Oof that sounds magical. 6y
julesG @jmofo But it's a pain to make. No wonder my great-grandmother only made five (😵😵😵) each year and one had to stay in the larder until Easter. This last one was bone dry by then, we dunked it into coffee/tea. 6y
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julesG
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Dear Leni, here's the loaf of Stollen I am trying to avoid eating right now. ?

I just remembered that where I grew up we don't call it Stollen. It's a "Scheit", a log. That made me think of a) Yule log and b) that on the ones my great-grandmother made there was less icing sugar making them look more like a log.

And now the historian and linguist in me want to find out more about this. ?

@Leniverse

Leniverse The British Yule log appears to always be chocolate. But I wonder if there is a version that predates widely available and affordable chocolate. 🤔 Research subject! 7y
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