Advent: Festive German Bakes to Celebrate the Coming of Christmas

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The recipes are generally only a page long, with a small introduction, ingredient list and a method that is told in paragraphs but does include advice on how long to beat mixtures, how to tell it’s done, and what each recipe should look like. I sneak a peek halfway through and see my mangled log has already expanded to the edges of the baking tray. I mixed the butter, egg, and quark in my stand mixer, then added that with fruit to dry ingredients.

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Place the walnuts in a food processor and blitz for about two minutes until finely ground, then scrape down the sides of the processor and blitz again for a couple of minutes until the oils are released from the nuts and the mixture begins to clump together.In her new cookbook Advent , Anja Dunk shares her recipes for the very best of traditional German festive bakes.

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I add a slice of apple to sit in the tin alongside these to help them soften quickly and stay soft, but they will soften gradually without the help of the apple. If you’ve enjoyed this article, don’t forget to share it or save it so others can enjoy reading, thinking about and living hygge as well. Featuring Anja’s own linocut illustrations and evocative photography, this is a stunning, comforting clothbound volume that will be a family favorite for many years to come. Advent is an edible countdown in 24 chapters inspired by the idea of traditional paper advent calendars, where you open up a window to reveal an image of winter on the 24 days leading up to Christmas. The dough is sturdy so children can roll it out nicely and cut shapes out without worrying too much that they will break.The advent wreath is traditionally adorned with four candles and is lit at mealtimes, providing precious light and warmth during the shortening days. I ended up rolling dough into balls and pressing them down a little on the baking sheet so I’d have SOMETHING, but these did not go on the cookie tray this year.

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These biscuits are traditional Advent sweet treats in both the Netherlands, where they are usually eaten around 6 December (St Nikolaus day), and in Germany, where they are eaten throughout the whole run-up to Christmas. Despite the very scorched edges, there’s hints of ginger and the dashes of chocolate and sea salt are nice. My efforts weren’t the most finessed – as shown by bits of jam pouring out after baking – but it still tasted delicious. As a lifelong lover of gingerbread, I jumped at the chance to make these jam-filled biscuits – and I’m glad I did, because it was worth it for the smell of the spices wafting through the house alone. Flammkuchen, often dubbed “German pizza”, is a very thin and crisp piece of dough topped with soured cream, onions and Schinken (cured ham).Cosy Happy Hygge: Setting up a rhythm to life and rituals to enjoy it to make for a more balanced life that handles waves and storms better. The amount of almond flour in grams was not ANYWHERE close to the measurement amount in cups (we're talking several cups difference). National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.

Six festive German bakes to try this Christmas - The Telegraph Six festive German bakes to try this Christmas - The Telegraph

It covers a great range of recipes both traditional and modern, and I would gladly gift this book to all of my friends and found family willing to learn more about German baking.Knock the dough back with your fist and add the almonds and boozy dried fruit (along with any liquid). The icing sugar glaze on the top was a really nice addition, and despite the huge number of spices in the mixture, the biscuits were subtly spiced and tasted pretty Christmassy. Cut out shapes with your cookie cutter and gently transfer them on to the prepared baking sheets, leaving 1cm between each to allow for spreading. Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter, stamp out hearts and place them 2 cm (3/4 in) apart on the prepared sheets. This Advent wreath has places for four candles that are to be lit -- one each Sunday before Christmas.