German Holiday/Event Recipes

"Just like Gramma used to make on the old wood-burning stove! Excellent to serve with bacon and eggs for breakfast or as a side-dish for a light supper during Advent. Similar to hash-browns ONLY BETTER!"

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Ingredients: cooking oil, bacon fat, eggs...

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Ingredients: eggs, onions, paprika...

"Translated from the German recipe of Maria Hedwig Stuber. Posted by request."

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Ingredients: pepper, cucumbers, dill...

"This hot spiced wine punch is a staple at the Christmas festivites in Germany. Everywhere you go during the month of December, you will most likely find someone selling mugs of hot, steaming Gluehwein. Here is a version I adapted from "Authentic German Home-Style Recipes" by Gini Youngkrantz. Posted by request. I am guessing on the cook time - it should..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"Schnecken means “snails,” which is what these coiled buns resemble. They are much stickier, puffier, gooier and generally more over the top than ordinary Cinnamon Buns. These are just drop-dead good! I had them at a friend’s house and stopped on the way home and bought the cookbook that the recipe came out of: How to Be a Domestic Goddess, by Nigella..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, raw sugar, eggs...

"Easy, yet flavorful bratwurst simmered in beer then seared in the skillet with onions and peppers."

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Ingredients: bratwursts, hot dog buns...

"My father served in the Army in Germany many years ago. This is one of the recipes my mother brought back with her. If you don't like dill pickles, you can subsitute sweet; if you don't like carrots, substitute squash, and so on. My mom said that some families just used a thin dill spear in each rouladen. For even more German experience, serve gravy..."

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Ingredients: london broil beef, yellow mustard...

"From what I hear this is a pretty authentic German recipe. You can replace the alcohol with cherry juice if it's not your thing."

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Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, kirsch...

"This cake is actually known as Zwetschgendatschi in Bavaria, where it is most popular. Roughly translated from Bavarian to German, it would be called Pflaumenkuchen or plum cake in English. BUT Zwetschgen aren't ordinary plums, a Datschi isn't really a Kuchen, and a Kuchen is most definitely not a cake! Or at least not a tall, spongy cake -- it's flatter...."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, plums...

"This is from Williams Sonoma and it has been a family favorite for years. It is a great twist on Gingerbread cookies."

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Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, ground allspice...

"Summer Time is Zwetschgenkuchen time for me. This traditional German Plum Cake will be made with Damson Plums on a yeast dough. After your first mouthful of this juicy cake you will be addicted to the wonderful flavors of plums, cinnamon, yeast dough and whipped cream. I can't wait to get the first plums (Zwetschgen) every year to make one of my favorite..."

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Ingredients: eggs, baker's yeast, milk...