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Childhood memories: Romanian Biscuit Salami – Salam de biscuiti, a no bake cake with biscuits and cocoa that would make any child happy. This is the first cake I have…

Crunchy chocolate biscotti with lots of hazelnuts, the perfect cookies to dip into your coffee or tea. Biscotti are some of those things I’ve been meaning to bake for ages,…

Chewy and sweet hazelnut macaroons, these are typical German Christmas cookies made with only 4 ingredients. If you would like to make some cookies, but don’t feel like spending a…

These Austrian Vanillekipferl are a must in our house every December. Tender and crumbly vanilla crescents, full of hazelnuts and rolled in vanilla sugar. Oma Lene’s famous Vanillekipferl, that she…

A better version of Hagrid’s rock cakes, soft and sweet, full of good stuff like sultanas, dried apricots, prunes and cranberries and ready within 30 minutes. Hagrid’s rock cakes are…

Crunchy puff pastry rolls with a warming apple cinnamon filling, you can have these treats ready to serve within an hour. Only a few ingredients, not much work involved, but…

Another month, another Secret Recipe Club assignment. Well, actually it is only my second month with the club, so everything is still pretty new to me. The reveal day coincides…

Short crust pastry rolls filled with walnuts and marzipan, a holiday treat you cannot miss. I found this recipe in a Romanian cooking magazine and actually only chose to make…

Heidesand or heath sand are traditional German cookies, short crust pastry usually made with brown butter, rolled in sugar, sliced and then baked. Really simple but really good. These were…

I give you my favorite cookies this year: the German Spitzbuben Plätzchen with jam. I’ve made quite a few different sorts of cookies recently and everyone in the family has…