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Santa Claus cookies part II

The first hats, found in Dr. Oetker Rezeptsammlung Nr. 117, are removed from the oven and all pictures taken. Now there’s only missing the recipe card.

Santa Claus cookies

We’ll do some lovely Santa Claus Hat cookies for December 6th. That’s why we should purchase all necessary ingredients already today. The recipe card and instructions will follow tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest. For the pastry: 10.5oz wheat flour, 1 knife point baking powder, 4.4oz butter, 4.4oz sugar, 1 bag vanilla sugar, 1 […]

Berliner Brot

Berliner Brot – a cookie with cinnamon and pimentos reminding the wonderful Christmas time of our childhood. A friend of mine got this recipe from her mother who had to learn it at housekeeping school more than 60 years ago. While posting the recipe the Berliner Brot is baking in the oven and I’ll give […]

Thumbprint Cookies

Thumbprint cookies – besides Grandma’s traditional spritz cookies the best Christmas cookies ever. That’s what our children say and that’s why they’re almost the first cookies we do for Christmas. The recipe is quite easy and they’re even better if the currant jelly derives from Grandma’s storage rack. The ingredients are lightly changed because fortunately […]