Christmas Cookies. Weihnachtsgebäck. It’s actually what I am most “famous” for (famous being relative of course, to those thousand followers on Facebook, the 8000 on Insta, and those who have seen the newspaper articles). For those who don’t know the story, every year I bake thousands of Christmas Cookies over a three to four week or so period (last year – 2021 – it was around 8500, over 34 days — about 175 hours in total) to give away, to share with friends and family. They get mailed all over the world, from Germany (yes, ironically) to South Africa to Australia. There are 25 types this year, 23 of which are “standards” and a few new ones to try out. This is a tradition that my Opa (Grandfather) started as he was a Bäckermeister in the Black Forest. My mother continued it when I was a child, and for the last 25 years or so, it’s been my charge. I take it incredibly seriously and it is sort of my “”honor” to make them, in homage to my Opa. Weihnachtsgebäck is an important part of the German Christmas season (in Germany — and this is a broad generalization — Germans […]
