Baking

I know. I know. What’s with schlepping more holiday recipes into the New Year. It cannot be helped. One lone envelope of …

Pretzel cookies always add a bit of visual and versatile fun to a cookie platter. These Rum Glazed Pretzel Cookies were the …

These Glühwein Hazelnut Linzer Cookies are my nod to missing all the German Christmas markets as we are in the States this …

What’s more Christmassy than Gingerbread? This is a creative way to add flavor to these Gingerbread Spice French Macarons . I used …

I made a red version of this last year. It was such a hit, I had to make another. And of course …

Over the years, Christmas fruitcakes have been revered and reviled. However, this mandel früchtekuchen, or German Almond Fruitcake, lives up to classic …

These Baked Apple cookies or these (in German) Bratapfel Kekse are the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platter. I love this German …

‘Tis the season for Christmas flavored macarons. I got it covered with these three flavored beauties. It’s always fun to figure out …

Yesterday’s Diary of a Mad Hausfrau’s post space was dedicated to World AIDS Day, so Macaron Monday was pushed to Tuesday. You …

I love Thanksgiving, always insisting on celebrating this holiday no matter what country I was living in at the time. Creating the the menus, …

Last summer I met the Walnut Butter Man. Anthony Novelle is a sports nutritionist/wellness professional who created a line of all natural walnut …

These beauties are perfect for fall. They have the light feel of a meringue but are dense and nutty as well. Called …

Sometimes delicious things dovetail together. For example. I was working on a recipe for German Honey Cake for my German Food Page …

The idea for these Valentine’s inspired Linzer cookies came last year, the week after Valentine’s Day and then I forgot about it …

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas!  Here in Germany we celebrated Heligabend yesterday with a big family dinner and presents. Today is a veg out day. …

I may be the last one to jump on the Thanksgivukkah train, but there was no way it was going to pull …

The sage in my garden is out of control and still going strong. Every weekend I expect it to be dead but …

For years I’ve always envied the little pumpkin shaped cakes I’ve seen on blogger and food sites. I finally bought myself two …

I finally caved and bought one of these pan last year in an after Halloween sale. I am so glad I did. …

These Halloween Eek & Boo Cookies are a year in the making. As most people know, last year’s Halloween got Sandy-ed for …