German Spritz Cookies Recipe: Oma’s Spritzgebäck.
by: Gerhild Fulson / Using her extensive experience and cultural knowledge, Oma Gerhild provides trusted, authentic, and easy-to-follow German recipes both here and in her many cookbooks. Spritz cookies cooking on cookie sheet and getting ready to be decorated This German spritz cookies recipe is one that I’ve had for years. Buttery and crisp, with […]
German Spaghetti Ice Cream Recipe: Oma’s Spaghettieis.
by: Gerhild Fulson / Using her extensive experience and cultural knowledge, Oma Gerhild provides trusted, authentic, and easy-to-follow German recipes both here and in her many cookbooks. Spaghetti Ice Cream Recipe is served! If you’ve never had the pleasure of trying spaghettieis (spaghetti ice cream), you’re in for a delightful surprise. This whimsical dessert, which […]
Easy German Apple Bread Recipe: Oma’s Apfelbrot.
There’s nothing better than baking this traditional sweet bread: German apple bread or apfelbrot. German apple bread is the perfect way to kick off the holiday baking season. Its warm, spiced aroma fills the kitchen and brings back memories of baking with my Mutti as Christmas approached. As the days grow shorter and Christmas approaches, […]
Traditional German Bread Recipes – Oma’s Brot und Brötchen Rezepte
Home German Bread Recipes These German bread recipes, aka Bread and rolls, are some of my favorite ways to re-create that German bakery-fresh aroma and taste in my kitchen. Also included are some tips on how to bake bread — the easy way! One of the best things about visiting Germany (and I suppose living […]
German Mushrooms*
An Oma-Approved Tibit! THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS, WHICH MEANS I’LL RECEIVE A COMMISSION IF YOU PURCHASE THROUGH MY LINKS, AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU. PLEASE READ FULL DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFORMATION. Take some dense, dark (some would say “Black!”) forests, add in some secret family maps, toss in a special knife or two, and […]
Authentic German Bratwurst and Sauerkraut Recipe.
It’s time for me to share a new recipe. New for my site, but not new for me. It’s an old classic. It’s an authentic German Bratwurst and Sauerkraut recipe, one I’ve been making for decades. There are so many versions of this that I’ve made over the years, sometimes adding a bit of this […]
Oma’s Traditional German Cakes – Lecker Schmecker Kuchen & Torten
Old-fashioned German cakes. Wonderful easy versions of traditional cakes such as the famous Black Forest Cake. That’s what you’ll find here. Some of the cakes are just like Oma used to make. Others have been changed to make them easier and quicker versions of traditional cakes for you to impress family and friends with scrumptious German […]
Oma’s Bienenstich Recipe – German Bee Sting Cake
This Bienenstich recipe is my quick version of my Mutti’s traditional German Bee Sting Cake with its sweet, chewy, and nutty topping and creamy filling. Mutti’s Bienenstich was oh-so-good! For some reason, though, it didn’t find it’s way into my oven, perhaps because when she made it, it took so long to make. So, I decided to […]
German to English Words
An Oma-Approved Tibit! You asked, we answer EDITION The surprising (& tasty!) journey of German words in English We had someone ask this question recently (and similar have been mentioned often in our Kaffeklastcher Facebook group): “Why is it that German towns are not properly translated? Donau is called Danube, Köln is called Cologne, München […]