5 Classic German Christmas Cookies
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Beautiful, delicious and nearly impossible to pronounce (try to say weihnachtsplätzchen three times fast), the buttery cookies are deliciously festive and worth adding to your cookie platter. Here, our best recipes for classic German Christmas cookies.
1.Hausfreunde
This recipe calls for dipping buttery almond-apricot sandwich cookies in bittersweet chocolate. The phenomenal results are well worth the effort.
2.Basler Leckerli
These spiced cookie bars are an essential part of a German Christmas. They are an excellent make-ahead sweet; in fact, they get more tender and flavorful the longer they sit.
3.Lebkuchen
Lebkuchen are traditional delicately spiced German molasses-ginger cookies.
4.Haselnussmakronen
These raspberry-hazelnut macaroons require just five ingredients and are extremely no-fuss.
5.Candy Cookies
These truffle-like cookies are adapted from a traditional holiday cookie that baker Renato Poliafito discovered during his travels in Germany.