This recipe for German Holiday Oatmeal Cookies from The Gracious Pantry is one of my favorites because of it’s versatility.

The recipe itself is for a healthier basic oatmeal cookie dough that you can add all kinds of flavorful ingredients to.

The above photo may not look like much, but these little treats pack a truly flavorful punch! This traditional German Holiday Horn Cookie Recipe has been around for 500 + hundred years (or so I’ve been told).
I love this recipe because it is as original now as it was so many years ago. The use [...]

So my little guy and I were lounging around the house in our pj’s while these were baking. I started to feel a bit “lazy” as it was nearly 2pm and we weren’t even thinking about getting dressed (admit it, you’ve had days like that.)….

Oh boy, oh boy! I have a special treat for you today! I get so excited when I come across a recipe like this one. It takes me back to my childhood and the time I spent in Germany as a nanny.
These Speculaas are exactly like the Christmas cookies I ate in Germany. I will [...]

I had some Nutella left over after making those Nutella Alfajores.
I also happened to have some hazelnuts left over from another recipe I tried as well. So these were the perfect recipe to run across.
They are relatively easy to make, but they do take a bit of time. These are not cookies you whip out [...]

Spitzbuben are typically found in Switzerland and Germany. They are a wonderful, delicate yet crunchy cookie that has the the lightest touch of fruit filling. The flavor is sweet, yet somehow “light”.
You don’t have to get as fancy as the photo above. You can just put two cookies together like a sandwich and call it [...]

What makes a cookie German? In fact, what is it about cookies that make them any particular “nationality”?
Different countries have different methods of baking cookies.
They use spices that are most often attainable in their region.
Different cultures also have different ideas of what makes a baked delicacy.
In different countries, the soil is different as are the [...]

I was looking through my Ohma’s old cookie recipes today. It’s funny, most of them are hand written in an English/German mix. The recipe I found for Nut Cookies is written on an old, torn and faded piece of paper and it says ” Nuss Cookies”. For those of you who don’t know, “nuss” is “nut” in [...]