10 Must-Try German Desserts & Sweet Treats

These German Desserts Taste Just Like Grandma Used to Make.

1. Christmas Stollen with Marzipan

Ah Stollen! One of my favorite things about Christmas and it always brings back such happy memories of visiting my grandmother around the holiday season moja web stranica. She would always have a traditional ‘Christstollen’ – a yeasty, bready cake with almond paste and dried fruits and coated with fine…

Ingredients for Christmas Stollen with Marzipan:

FOR THE DRIED FRUITS FILLING:
1.7 oz Hazelnuts
1.7 oz Pistachio nuts
2 oz Pine nuts
4 oz Almonds
1.4 oz Walnuts
1.4 oz Candied orange peel
4 oz Raisins
3.4 oz Dried prunes
2 oz Brown sugar
1 cup Kirschwasser

FOR THE DOUGH:
1.9 cups All-purpose flour
1.9 cups Bread flour
1/3 cup Sugar
2 Egg yolks
4 Eggs
1 oz Honey
0.6 cup Whole milk
2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Black pepper
1/2 tsp Ground Allspice
0.5 oz Instant yeast
2 sticks Butter

FOR THE ALMOND PASTE:
1.1 lb Almond meal
1.16 lb Sugar
0.8 cup Water
1.4 oz Corn syrup
2.3 oz Honey
2 tbsp Kirschwasser
a few drops Almond extract

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2. Cherry Kuchen Bars 

I love these Cherry Kuchen Bars which are really easy to make and taste delicious too. I cheat a little when I make these bars because I use a can of cherry pie filling. I find I can never make the pie filling as good as it tastes from the…

Ingredients for Cherry Kuchen Bars :

FOR THE CHERRY KUCHEN:
½ cup Butter
½ cup Shortening
1¾ cups Sugar
1½ tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Salt
3 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
3 cups All-purpose flour
1 (21-oz) can Cherry pie filling

FOR THE ICING:
1½ cups Powdered sugar
¼ tsp Vanilla
2-3 tbsp Milk

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3. German Cinnamon Star Christmas Cookies

These German Cinnamon Star Christmas Cookies are part of the Germans traditional array of Christmas biscuits that are baked once a year. Also known as Zimtsterne, this little star shaped cookie looks and tastes delightful. One side biscuit and one side white icing, they really do look special when arranged…

Ingredients for German Cinnamon Star Christmas Cookies:

4 large Egg whites
3½ cups/390 g Confectioners’ sugar
4 cups/400g raw Almond meal
2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1 ounce Kirschwasser

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4. Plum Strudel with Cinnamon Streusel

This Plum Strudel With Cinnamon Streusel is a really great baked plum recipe which combines super thin dough with plums and a cinnamon almond streusel. There is a bit of prep and resting time in this recipe, but I guarantee it is worth it. Start this strudel by making a…

Ingredients for Plum Strudel with Cinnamon Streusel:

FOR STRUDEL DOUGH:
80 g Water
15 g Canola oil
½ tsp Vinegar
1 pinch Salt
145 g Bread flour

FOR FILLING:
800 g Plums
75 g All-purpose flour
50 g Almond flour
60 g Brown sugar
60 g Butter
1½ tsp Cinnamon
50 g Butter

FOR DUSTING:
Confectioners’ sugar

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5. German Damson Plum Cake

This German Damson Plum Cake is a delicious tray bake topped with a buttery nutty streusel. There is a bit of work involved in washing, drying and pitting the plums, but the prep time is worth it! Remove the stone from the plums using a sharp knife. To do this,…

Ingredients for German Damson Plum Cake:

FOR THE STREUSEL:
1¼ cups All-purpose flour
½ cup Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla extract
⅔ cup Butter
3 tbsp Almonds
¼ tsp Cinnamon

FOR THE DOUGH:
8.8 oz Curd cheese
½ cup Sugar
6 tbsp Milk
3 tbsp Vegetable oil
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1 Eggs
3 cups All-purpose flour
3 tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Salt

FOR THE TOPPING:
53 oz Damson Plums
2-3 tbsp Sugar

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6. German Apple Cake (Versunkener Apfelkuchen)

What is different about our German Apple Cake? We use giant slices of quartered apples to fill the center of the cake. Most recipes use thinly sliced apples or tiny chopped cubes but we’ve left ours bigger for double the sweetness! Place the awesome apples on top of a soft,…

Ingredients for German Apple Cake:

4 Apples
½ cup Butter
½ cup Granulated sugar
2 tsp Vanilla sugar
2 tsp Lemon juice
3 Large eggs
1½ cups Cake flour
2 tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Salt
2 tbsp Milk
2 tbsp Powdered sugar

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7. Peach Kuchen

This Peach Kuchen recipe is one of my favorite things that my German grandmother, my Oma makes. Sadly I don’t get to visit her so often now that I live far away, but she kindly sent a letter and included this recipe. I make this cake now whenever I miss…

Ingredients for Peach Kuchen:

½ cup Margarine
¼ cup+3 tbsp Sugar
1 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup All-purpose flour
½ tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Salt
29 ounce Peaches
1 tsp Cinnamon

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8. Bavarian Mint Fudge

This is a moreish Bavarian Mint Fudge recipe which makes a delicious sweet treat or homemade gift. This is one of my family’s oldest and most treasured recipes. It has been loved through the generations and now I am passing it on to you. I make batches of this every…

Ingredients for Bavarian Mint Fudge:

1 tbsp Butter
12 ounces Semisweet chocolate
12 ounces Milk chocolate
1 can (14 ounces) Condensed milk
1 tsp Peppermint extract
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 ½ tsp Butter

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9. Cranberry German Cookies

These Cranberry German Cookies are my favorite things to make in winter. They are so easy to make and they taste absolutely delicious. They remind me of my childhood spent sitting in my German grandmother’s kitchen, while she would tell me stories about her childhood, growing up in Germany. Happy…

Ingredients for Cranberry German Cookies:

100g Butter
25g Powdered sugar
100g Potato starch
65g Cake flour
1 tbsp Milk powder
15g Cranberries

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10. German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen)

These German Christmas Cardamom Cookies (Kardamon Plaetzchen) recipe creates a delicate biscuit with a warm and comforting flavor, especially made and eaten during the winter months. Cardamom has a wonderful floral smell and incidentally is a very good medical plant used to treat the stomach. These particular biscuits are sweet…

Ingredients for German Christmas Cardamom Cookies:

½ cup/ 85g Sugar
3/4 cup/ 175g Butter
1 tbsp Vanilla sugar
2 tsp Rum
2 cups All-purpose flour
¾ tsp Ground cardamom
¾ tsp Baking powder
1 pinch Salt
4 ounces/ 100g Chocolate

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