Ein Teller mit blauer Serviette und Bienenstich-Plätzchen darauf, platziert auf weißem Stoff mit weihnachtlichen Deko-Elementen, im Hintergrund ist eine Holzwand zu sehen

Bee Sting Christmas Cookies

The story behind these Bienenstich cookies: My grandma's Bienenstich cake was always my favorite as a child. However, it wasn't the classic version with two layers of dough and a layer of cream between them. My grandma's cake was a yeast dough sheet cake topped with a seductively sweet honey-almond-caramel layer. And this layer is...

Zimtsterne Plätzchen auf einem Teller angerichtet, auf weißem Stoff platziert mit weihnachtlichen Deko-Elementen, im Hintergrund ist Mamorstein zu erkennen

Sugar-reduced Cinnamon Star Cookies

'Tis the (damn) season! It's starting to get Christmassy on "sizzling, roasting and crunchy"! And we're starting this season with a recipe for reduced-sugar cinnamon stars. I've never warmed to store-bought cinnamon stars. They looked pretty, but I was never convinced by their taste. As a big cinnamon lover, I usually didn't find them spicy...

Glas gefüllt mit Mandelmus, von einem Teelöffel sieht man das Mandelmus zurück in das Glas fließen

almond butter

It's inexplicable to me why almond butter costs 7-8 euros in the supermarket. Why is this butter so much more expensive than nut butter made from other nuts? With pistachios, it's understandable, of course, because pistachios are also quite expensive nuts. But with almonds? Why isn't it priced in the same range as peanut butter or hazelnut butter? Whatever...