German recipes

One of the cooking challenges I enjoyed most when I was the German food writer for a popular food site, was getting creative…

The German name of these individual German Plum Pastries with Spiced Streusel is Streuseltaler. The translation means “streusel coins”.  A yeast cake…

It came as a big surprise that my first attempt at hand pies would be a savory version. I always think of…

Don’t let the Italian name of this cookie fool you. This lace cookie variety, studded with candied fruit and dipped in chocolate,…

A Rumtopf (Rum Pot in English) is a large covered ceramic jar filled with aged fruits rum and sugar. A Rumtopf is…

I have been holding on to this German melon torte recipe for awhile now. Good thing I did because golden Honeydew melons…

I live for Fine’s Excellent Potato Salad. My German mother in law, Fine (pronounced Feen-eh – short for Josefine) makes, hands down,…