When I lived in Germany in the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach. The backerei had vanillekipferl but the ones they sold had some lemon zest in the recipe. You have to try it, they were my favorite cookie at Christmas time. I miss those cookies.
My MIL was from Germany. Came to USA after WWII. Everything delightful discussed in this video, she made by hand in her kitchen. Except for the marzipan. That, she always got in Germany on her visits back home. During Christmas, everyone was "forget the gifts, we want the cookies and STOLLLEN!) Wonderful memories of her (Omi to my child)
Ich mache jedes Jahr Vanillekipferln , die gehören bei uns zur Weihnachtszeit einfach dazu . Schoko Lebkuchen , my favorite as well as Marzipanstollen . Heck I love it all ! 😂❤
Thanks for this one. Very fun. Here in Denmark, we do marcipan for Christmas too. Some make their own, others combine marzipan and nugat and make a bread dipped in chocolate. Many Danes head to Lubeck each December to get their Marcipan and, as tradition dictates, the dessert served on Christmas Eve is risalamond (rice pudding with one whole almond hidden in it). The one to get the almond gets an extra present, which is traditionally a marcipan pig... I like the ritter sport with speculoos... Enjoy December!!
You guys make me drool! I love Christmas season here in Austria, lebkuchen, marzipan and also my favorite chocolate, RItter Sport. When I go shopping here, usually I only want to buy one of two sweet snacks but I simply can't resist when I see all these wonderful things and I end up buying a lot more than was planned ! 😍
I bought a stollen (made in Germany) in the "gourmet" section of TJ Maxx today.for a reasonable price, and I've seen them in the local supermarket (MahketBasket) so they are fairly accessible throughout New England. Nice with a cup of tea! I've had the liebkuchen (sorry if bad spelling), and the papery lining seems to be the same material as communion hosts and those old-school spaceship-shaped candies filled with sugar balls. Fun video!
@@Kloetenhenne Abendmahl translates to supper...🤓 Where you have bread or hostien and wine in church...🤓 Remember the picture from Leonardo da Vinci: L'ultima Cena/ the Last Supper?🤔 You don't go to church? 🤣🤣🤣
@@Kloetenhenne Google mal Abendmahl, welches es sowohl in der evangelischen als auch katholischen Kirche gibt. Und komm mir jetzt nicht mit Konfirmation...🤣🤣🤣
Enjoying this cozy video with nice beer 🙂. i'm also a big fan of those simple marzipan 'breads' and the small square stollen as snacks. The bigger stollen with fruit etc I like to cut a slice, add some butter and on top of that a slice of simple, young cheese. Those are more like a 'meal'.
Elisen Lebkuchen have no flour, only ground nuts (plus chopped nuts and chopped candied fruit and spices.) Regular Lebkuchen is German-style gingerbread. Proper Elisen Lebkuchen is gluten free!
Are you really asking whether there is a difference in taste between Aldi Baumkuchen for a few euros and handmade Baumkuchen? Well, "Heinemann" is also an overpriced confectionery chain, but a Baumkuchen contains marzipan, eggs, often also alcohol (e.g. Amaretto) and is (if really handmade) applied layer by layer on a roll and you practically have to stand next to it. Such a cake therefore ties up staff and is very time-consuming and cost-intensive due to the ingredients. The discounter shit from Aldi is made by machine and with the cheapest ingredients - of course it's much cheaper! (Oh and by the way...while I'm being so nerdy (or in german - klugscheißerisch ^^) here...I'm a professional...so to speak...I'm not a professional pastry chef, but a professional baker and we also made one Baumkuchen on this huge roll at professional school. I've been out of this job for years, but I still bake Baumkuchen once a year for the office/family at home, so I know how much work a Baumkuchen is ^^)
The price really makes a difference. Of course, the cheap Lebuchen from Aldi taste good- but when you order the original Lebkuchen in Nürnberg, they are fairly expensive, but you get another level of taste.
I really enjoy your show, but was America has not enough of is "marzipan" I can never find it in any store except Aldi's love Aldi's cant beat their prices and the delicious german Christmas cookies,unfortunately they are gone sold out so fast so frohe Weihnachten to both of you
Merry Christmas, Deanna & Phil from the panhandle of Florida! If you buy seasonal treats at Christmas time, can you freeze them so you can enjoy them longer? We now have Aldi's grocery stores in our county.
Everything is delicious! I wish I could find Baumkuchenspitzen or the Baumkuchen you showed here in US. It’s one of my favorites but no where to be found. I find some online but shipping is ridiculous:( You guys are awesome. Fröhliche Weihnachten 🎄 ❤
Ohh, stollen is one of my favorites at Christmastime, especially memories of making it with my Oma. And vanillakipferl is another favorite! As an American with German roots, German chocolates and candies have such a special place in my heart. I love Christmas with all of these delectable food memories!
I lived in Germany back in the early 90's. A friend of my former husband was married to a German lady, who was an incredible dessert maker. She taught me how to make #3 Vanillekipferl from scratch. She did everything by hand - mixing & kneading the dough, shaping each individual cookie, & then rolling them in powdered sugar while still piping hot from the oven. We didn't even use forks or spoons to coat the cookies. You just have to be quick, so as not to burn your fingers & coat each cookie evenly. There was one day when we made a huge batch to send to our husbands & their fellow military members while they were deployed during The Gulf War in 1991. I think we made over 300 cookies. It was an exhausting, but delicious day, as I couldn't stop eating them too - LOL! 😋 Helpful tip: in order to get the more traditional shape, you have to roll out each dough piece evenly with your hand (sort of like a Tootsie Roll), then bend in the middle to get the proper (thinner) crescent moon or horseshoe shape. Also you need to use more powdered vanilla sugar. Her cookies were completely white & heavily coated with the amount of sugar she used. Yum - so delicious!
Pfeffernüsse is my favorite German holiday treat with stollen being a close second. Here in Milwaukee we get a second stollen season as bakeries have taken to making Easter stollens so if you have a hankering for stollen in April come to Milwaukee.
Marzipan from Lübeck. I love the original Niederegger Taste. As a Citizen from Lübebeck/Germany i‘m very proud of this high Quality Marzipan Brand. By the Way: In Germany we have some better Chocolate Brands than Ritter Sports Chocolate: Best of them calls „Lind Chocolate“ ant its more Tasty and have a higher Quality. Ive You have the Chance to shop this, just try it.
Forget the treats, loving the new mullet Phil 😊- I am only jealous as I have no hair 😅, we have just got back from Germany and loved tying all the treats. Love your videos ❤
Not really traditional? Not really traditional?! Hooooold up. Nürnberg was one of the first and oldest sources of Lebkuchen - not counting ancient Roman, Greek or Egyptian times. While many other cities and monasteries specialized in the simpler, classic gingerbread-style Lebkuchen (e.g. Aachener Printen), Nürnberg focused on Oblatenlebkuchen, a more elaborate recipe containing no or nearly no flour (excluding the Oblate which is basically flour and water) also known as Elisenlebkuchen. That's why Lebkuchen from Nürnberg are not made from a uniform dough but contain much more nuts in ground and chopped form and are usually less dry than other types. (Interestingly, the protected regional title Nürnberger Lebkuchen only defined where they are made, not a specific recipe.)
Before you turn into some keyboard warrior, learn listening to context and following the flow of dialogue, will you? Are you a child that only hears a few words and jumps to conclusions? She was literally saying having chocolate on them wasn't traditional.
Guys, Düll have an online shop! ;-) But if you like Elisen, you might also give Fraunholz a shot. I'd say Düll and Fraunholz are the Nurembergers go-to places when it comes to Lebkuchen. There's also Wicklein and Schmidt, but they produce overpriced mediocre sh*t for tourists... ;-)
Ritter Sport ist meine lieblings Marke von Schkolade! They got more expensive! 2 euro 19! When I was in Germany in the 90s they were only about 1 DM (about 50 cents, each)! I cried when I came back to US because they charged about $2, each then! That's probably why Trader Joe's doesnt sell them any more, too expensive now!
Dresdener Christstollen is my absolut favorite, Baumkuchen, Lebkuchen too, and Kipferl.. wow! Some of the "famous" Producers send their Products all over the world, even to Japan! The price difference is mostly directed by the ingredients and of course Brandname!
I like the puffy soft spice cookies: powdered or glazed. Alison, I like a plain cookie that is pinched with a prune filling. And ruhelach is always a favorite….. And snickerdoodles too. Happy Holidays 🎄🎊🎉🥂🍾💕
Around Christmas we hit Aldi and Trader Joe's for German Christmas treats, being of German descent! Actually, I like Aldi's Lebkuchen best! it's very similar to what my grandma made!
Hi Deana and Phil. I live in San Antonio, Texas and today my son and I made your cookies! They are Delicious, if you have more German Christmas recipes, we would love to try them. Merry Christmas!
I love Baumkuchen. When I was a child, an uncle or aunt always brought some from Salzwedel when they came to visit. At that time, it was made with a kind of icing, because in the GDR chocolate was expensive on the one hand and not very good on the other. I'm always happy when I get real Salzwedeler Baumkuchen with icing at the Christmas market.
Love the gingerbread, marzipan, stollen, and those cookies with that white papery bottom. Is it liebkuchen? I had it once and loved it. Someone sent us a tin of sweets from Germany, and they were all smashed up. But I loved those dark cookies with the white bottom. 😂❤ yummy
Dear Deana, dear Phil, If gingerbread, Baumkuchen or other things are more expensive in some shops, it could be because they were made by hand and not industrially produced. This is of course more expensive, but there is also more work involved. And the quality is also different. These foods usually taste better and may even be healthier. And of course this work has to be paid for. You should think about this before you think that these things are unnecessarily more expensive.
When I lived in Germany we always bought a gingerbread house at Christmas time. It sat on a sideboard table thing. We always loved them. But, we didn't eat them. I'm one of those who likes lebkuchen. 😊 I was in Bad Aibling and Augsburg. German bakeries differ though. There was one near my apartment that had the best strudel, but one on the way home from work had the best brotchen rolls. I used to stop in there after a midnight shift to pick up rolls for sandwiches. Augsburg had a fantastic Christmas market.
We live in the area of Salzwedel and Salzwedeler Baumkuchen is so much superior to the Aldi one, it has a more refined taste, the chocolate glaze is thin but it keeps the Baumkuchen moist inside. The one from Aldi in comparison is super dry, it's nice overall but yes there is a huge difference. Like you have with every baked good that is factory made vs actually handmade. And they aren't really a seasonal thing, you can get them all year round :) they are just more on display and there are seasonal types like the Baumkuchenspitzen with Alcohol that are sold during winter. Also Elisenlebkuchen MUST have nuts and seeds inside or they aren't allowed to be called Elisenlebkuchen, if you don't like the taste you should go for another type of Lebkuchen. I think the most approachable ones are the dark chocolate glazed that are shaped like Hearts, Pretzels and Stars.
My mom was born and raised in Nuremberg. Growing up was awesome at Christmastime. She spent every free moment after Thanksgiving baking various cookies and cakes for Christmas. The house always smelled so good. She would pack them in large metal tins and store them all in one room that the entire family was banned from going into. The fun part was that we would all take turns sneaking in there. Then Christmas Day we would wake up to find the kitchen table decorated and each person had a monster dish full of those cookies, cakes, nuts, fresh fruits, chocolates, etc… How I miss those days growing up.
I just found your channel this morning, and enjoyed this video a lot!! I’ve seen some of these treats at a higher-end specialty store here in the US. I’m always so curious about them. Now I’m going to head back to that store and try some of these!! Thank you for sharing about them!
I enjoy most of the christmas treats here. But one thing that always annoys me in christman snacks is Zitronat und Orangeat. It's disgusting. I love Marzipanstollen, but I always pull out those super intense, concentrated , artifical tasting rubbery cubes that would otherwise ruin the whole thing 😀 And they are used in many classic christmas treats. And ruin every single one that they are used in.
I can tell you why an original Handmade Baumkuchen is so expensive. It is a lot of time, energy and work to do every single layer of it. You can find videos on that at youtube... For all of those who can't find it in the US, there are ways to make Baumkuchenspitzen from scratch at home. You also bake every layer after another. It will take a lot of time but it is so worth it
the marzipan pig is actually for new years eve, but just like any other holiday with candy, you get those way too early. 4 leaved clover and pigs both are symbols of luck in Germany and you usually give little presents like that to your friends and family to wish them good luck for the coming year.
WE had one of those hearts it had spaßvogel written on it. It was from a fest in 1997 . We had it hanging in our basement bar and it just fell apart last year 2022
I love Ritter chocolate. I see them in the US sometimes and usually go for the hazelnut/chocolate bars. I hate marzipan, prob bec the first time I had it, I ate too much and got sick, lol. And I never developed a taste for Lebkuchen or stollen. The stollen I tried had marzipan in it and that turned me off. I love regular old, fashioned American fruitcake and I think I'm prob the only person in the US who actually loves fruitcake--plain or soaked in bourbon. But I definitely want to try Baumkuchen.
Stollen bits with marzipan is my favorite. I buy several and freeze them for later in the new year. I had them with apples this year but marzipan is still my favorite.
I heard the big cookies are not for eating but the small ones are. Most gingerbread houses are not eaten, especially the store bought ones. I've made edible ones but with sugar cookie dough instead of gingerbread.
Aren't vanille kipferle austrian? Might be mistaken here. Anyways, regarding the baumkuchen, higher quality ones usually have much thinner layers, which in return also takes a lot more work. The real high quality ones also will be really rough and won't be that smooth, as baumkuchen is traditionally backed over a fire on a cylinder, and you pour the dough onto it in layers.
Most foods cannot be traced back exactly. If I google, it says both South Germany as well as Vienna, and some sources claim a third inventor which is bohemia. So it's not "just" Austrian and it's also not "just" German. Food culture often cannot be seperated that easily
Mensch Frohe weihnachten and Merry Christmas fuer die zwei meist beruehmten Travellers . Ja ja Weihnachts schleckereien 😋.Bin hier bei uns zu Aldi in den Staaten und habe gleich Butterspekulazius gekauft und Stolle.Marzipan war Noch nicht da .Habt schoene Feiertage.
The price for Baumkuchen comes about because production takes so long, as each layer on the cake is applied and baked by slowly rotating.
When I lived in Germany in the town of Ramstein-Miesenbach. The backerei had vanillekipferl but the ones they sold had some lemon zest in the recipe. You have to try it, they were my favorite cookie at Christmas time. I miss those cookies.
So yummy! Everything!
Deana did really well with her first try ❤ congratulations 😊
"Kipferl" sagt man in Österreich und im Süden Deutschlands. Bedeutet "Hörnchen". Yours looked very good!
My MIL was from Germany. Came to USA after WWII. Everything delightful discussed in this video, she made by hand in her kitchen. Except for the marzipan. That, she always got in Germany on her visits back home. During Christmas, everyone was "forget the gifts, we want the cookies and STOLLLEN!) Wonderful memories of her (Omi to my child)
Ich mache jedes Jahr Vanillekipferln , die gehören bei uns zur Weihnachtszeit einfach dazu . Schoko Lebkuchen , my favorite as well as Marzipanstollen . Heck I love it all ! 😂❤
I love how normal and down to earth you guys are. 🙂
Thanks for this one. Very fun. Here in Denmark, we do marcipan for Christmas too. Some make their own, others combine marzipan and nugat and make a bread dipped in chocolate. Many Danes head to Lubeck each December to get their Marcipan and, as tradition dictates, the dessert served on Christmas Eve is risalamond (rice pudding with one whole almond hidden in it). The one to get the almond gets an extra present, which is traditionally a marcipan pig... I like the ritter sport with speculoos... Enjoy December!!
You guys make me drool! I love Christmas season here in Austria, lebkuchen, marzipan and also my favorite chocolate, RItter Sport. When I go shopping here, usually I only want to buy one of two sweet snacks but I simply can't resist when I see all these wonderful things and I end up buying a lot more than was planned ! 😍
I LOVE Ritter Sport! So good! Marzipan is definitely an acquired taste…..I grew up on it because we lived in an European neighborhood.
Love Baumkuchen and Rittersport, specially the little Rittersport Rum packs. Love your videos guys. Merry Christmas from the UK ( German)
Es gibt nur einen Weg Marzipankartoffeln zu essen: Zwischen den Fingern platt drücken. 😂
OHHHHHH Marzipan is the best. LOVE IT. ALSO LETS NOT FORGET LEBKUCHEN !!!!
Mmmmm ich liebe Lebkuchen 😂 I will eat all of your portions 😂
I actually HATE nougat! (Love all other kinds of chocolate really, but nougat is disgusting.....). 🤷♀️
I bought a stollen (made in Germany) in the "gourmet" section of TJ Maxx today.for a reasonable price, and I've seen them in the local supermarket (MahketBasket) so they are fairly accessible throughout New England. Nice with a cup of tea! I've had the liebkuchen (sorry if bad spelling), and the papery lining seems to be the same material as communion hosts and those old-school spaceship-shaped candies filled with sugar balls. Fun video!
They are called Oblaten, also used in church for supper (sometimes called Hostien)...
@@martinkasper197supper? In church? 🤣🤣🤣
@@Kloetenhenne Abendmahl translates to supper...🤓 Where you have bread or hostien and wine in church...🤓 Remember the picture from Leonardo da Vinci: L'ultima Cena/ the Last Supper?🤔 You don't go to church? 🤣🤣🤣
@@martinkasper197 das heißt Kommunion. In der Kirche gibt es kein Abendessen (das supper bedeuten würde).
@@Kloetenhenne Google mal Abendmahl, welches es sowohl in der evangelischen als auch katholischen Kirche gibt. Und komm mir jetzt nicht mit Konfirmation...🤣🤣🤣
Enjoying this cozy video with nice beer 🙂. i'm also a big fan of those simple marzipan 'breads' and the small square stollen as snacks. The bigger stollen with fruit etc I like to cut a slice, add some butter and on top of that a slice of simple, young cheese. Those are more like a 'meal'.
Elisen Lebkuchen have no flour, only ground nuts (plus chopped nuts and chopped candied fruit and spices.) Regular Lebkuchen is German-style gingerbread. Proper Elisen Lebkuchen is gluten free!
Are you really asking whether there is a difference in taste between Aldi Baumkuchen for a few euros and handmade Baumkuchen?
Well, "Heinemann" is also an overpriced confectionery chain, but a Baumkuchen contains marzipan, eggs, often also alcohol (e.g. Amaretto) and is (if really handmade) applied layer by layer on a roll and you practically have to stand next to it.
Such a cake therefore ties up staff and is very time-consuming and cost-intensive due to the ingredients.
The discounter shit from Aldi is made by machine and with the cheapest ingredients - of course it's much cheaper!
(Oh and by the way...while I'm being so nerdy (or in german - klugscheißerisch ^^) here...I'm a professional...so to speak...I'm not a professional pastry chef, but a professional baker and we also made one Baumkuchen on this huge roll at professional school. I've been out of this job for years, but I still bake Baumkuchen once a year for the office/family at home, so I know how much work a Baumkuchen is ^^)
The price really makes a difference. Of course, the cheap Lebuchen from Aldi taste good- but when you order the original Lebkuchen in Nürnberg, they are fairly expensive, but you get another level of taste.
I really enjoy your show, but was America has not enough of is "marzipan" I can never find it in any store except Aldi's love Aldi's cant beat their prices and the delicious german Christmas cookies,unfortunately they are gone sold out so fast so frohe Weihnachten to both of you
A couple of years ago, friends from Erlangen sent some lebekuchen from Nuremberg mmmmmmm❤
I like Pfeffernusse and Stolen at Christmas time. I enjoyed your video guys. Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas, Deanna & Phil from the panhandle of Florida! If you buy seasonal treats at Christmas time, can you freeze them so you can enjoy them longer? We now have Aldi's grocery stores in our county.
Yes
I love nougat too. Or the combination of nougat and marzipan. 🤤😍
A typical candy here in DK, lol. 😊
Everything is delicious! I wish I could find Baumkuchenspitzen or the Baumkuchen you showed here in US. It’s one of my favorites but no where to be found. I find some online but shipping is ridiculous:( You guys are awesome. Fröhliche Weihnachten 🎄 ❤
Baumkuchen ohne ein Getränk, Tee, Kaffee oder Kakao, ist ungenießbar, weil zu trocken.
Those cookies look delicious. I want to try them!
Lose the annoying jazzy background music, es wird echt sheiß...
If you make Stollen, Christstollen, yourself , you can make it to your liking, with or without rosins/marzipan/alcohol😀
Ohh, stollen is one of my favorites at Christmastime, especially memories of making it with my Oma. And vanillakipferl is another favorite! As an American with German roots, German chocolates and candies have such a special place in my heart. I love Christmas with all of these delectable food memories!
I lived in Germany back in the early 90's. A friend of my former husband was married to a German lady, who was an incredible dessert maker. She taught me how to make #3 Vanillekipferl from scratch. She did everything by hand - mixing & kneading the dough, shaping each individual cookie, & then rolling them in powdered sugar while still piping hot from the oven. We didn't even use forks or spoons to coat the cookies. You just have to be quick, so as not to burn your fingers & coat each cookie evenly.
There was one day when we made a huge batch to send to our husbands & their fellow military members while they were deployed during The Gulf War in 1991. I think we made over 300 cookies. It was an exhausting, but delicious day, as I couldn't stop eating them too - LOL! 😋
Helpful tip: in order to get the more traditional shape, you have to roll out each dough piece evenly with your hand (sort of like a Tootsie Roll), then bend in the middle to get the proper (thinner) crescent moon or horseshoe shape. Also you need to use more powdered vanilla sugar. Her cookies were completely white & heavily coated with the amount of sugar she used. Yum - so delicious!
Phil is getting increasingly more weird. Not complaining.
Pfeffernüsse is my favorite German holiday treat with stollen being a close second. Here in Milwaukee we get a second stollen season as bakeries have taken to making Easter stollens so if you have a hankering for stollen in April come to Milwaukee.
Phil looks cute in the thumbnail
netherlands have the same stuff butt not weird we are neighbors alway nice to see
Ich mag die alle, aber meine Favoriten waren immer Vanillekipferl, Kokosmakronen und Marzipanstollen …😀
Nice hair style Phil , you look like a Rock Star
Marzipan from Lübeck. I love the original Niederegger Taste. As a Citizen from Lübebeck/Germany i‘m very proud of this high Quality Marzipan Brand. By the Way: In Germany we have some better Chocolate Brands than Ritter Sports Chocolate: Best of them calls „Lind Chocolate“ ant its more Tasty and have a higher Quality. Ive You have the Chance to shop this, just try it.
Oeh nice danke für deine info. Ich bin verrückt auf schoko und marzipan 😁👊
Lindt is Swiss and Ritter is a good quality chocolate
Lindt is Swiss though. There is a German brand that sells similar quality as Lindt, it's called Heilemann
Forget the treats, loving the new mullet Phil 😊- I am only jealous as I have no hair 😅, we have just got back from Germany and loved tying all the treats. Love your videos ❤
So if you ever do a trip to Lübeck, check out the local marzipan stores like Mest or the Kontor. 😊
Not really traditional? Not really traditional?! Hooooold up. Nürnberg was one of the first and oldest sources of Lebkuchen - not counting ancient Roman, Greek or Egyptian times. While many other cities and monasteries specialized in the simpler, classic gingerbread-style Lebkuchen (e.g. Aachener Printen), Nürnberg focused on Oblatenlebkuchen, a more elaborate recipe containing no or nearly no flour (excluding the Oblate which is basically flour and water) also known as Elisenlebkuchen. That's why Lebkuchen from Nürnberg are not made from a uniform dough but contain much more nuts in ground and chopped form and are usually less dry than other types. (Interestingly, the protected regional title Nürnberger Lebkuchen only defined where they are made, not a specific recipe.)
Relax man I think she was talking about having them covered with chocolate was not traditional.
@@pjschmid2251exactly 💯
Love Lebkuchen
It’s the wafer like the communion host on one side.
Before you turn into some keyboard warrior, learn listening to context and following the flow of dialogue, will you? Are you a child that only hears a few words and jumps to conclusions? She was literally saying having chocolate on them wasn't traditional.
When traveling for work in Germany in December I went to the Nuremberg Christmas Market it was beautiful and amazing. I enjoy your channel.
I think the expensive Baumkuchen is way better but I don't think it's 10 times better.. I think it's like 3-4 times better though xD
I can also recommend Lebkuchen Wild from Nürnberg.... Not that mass-product as Schmidt or Weiss...🤓
Baumstam marzipan with truffle center... thats the bomb. Sadly couldn't find them this year...I'm totally bummed out
Love lebkuchen and gluhwein. Visiting the Kirn Christmas market was always fun.
Guys, Düll have an online shop! ;-) But if you like Elisen, you might also give Fraunholz a shot. I'd say Düll and Fraunholz are the Nurembergers go-to places when it comes to Lebkuchen. There's also Wicklein and Schmidt, but they produce overpriced mediocre sh*t for tourists... ;-)
My grandma always made lebkuken (spelling?) on the holidays.
Ritter Sport ist meine lieblings Marke von Schkolade! They got more expensive! 2 euro 19! When I was in Germany in the 90s they were only about 1 DM (about 50 cents, each)! I cried when I came back to US because they charged about $2, each then! That's probably why Trader Joe's doesnt sell them any more, too expensive now!
Dresdener Christstollen is my absolut favorite, Baumkuchen, Lebkuchen too, and Kipferl.. wow! Some of the "famous" Producers send their Products all over the world, even to Japan! The price difference is mostly directed by the ingredients and of course Brandname!
I like the puffy soft spice cookies: powdered or glazed. Alison, I like a plain cookie that is pinched with a prune filling. And ruhelach is always a favorite….. And snickerdoodles too. Happy Holidays 🎄🎊🎉🥂🍾💕
Around Christmas we hit Aldi and Trader Joe's for German Christmas treats, being of German descent! Actually, I like Aldi's Lebkuchen best! it's very similar to what my grandma made!
I think I'll make the Vanillekipferl. My favorite aunt was born in Germany. 🤗
Hi Deana and Phil. I live in San Antonio, Texas and today my son and I made your cookies! They are Delicious, if you have more German Christmas recipes, we would love to try them. Merry Christmas!
I love Baumkuchen. When I was a child, an uncle or aunt always brought some from Salzwedel when they came to visit. At that time, it was made with a kind of icing, because in the GDR chocolate was expensive on the one hand and not very good on the other.
I'm always happy when I get real Salzwedeler Baumkuchen with icing at the Christmas market.
01:48 That's some expensive chocolate. I thought things were cheaper in Germany.
Love the gingerbread, marzipan, stollen, and those cookies with that white papery bottom. Is it liebkuchen? I had it once and loved it. Someone sent us a tin of sweets from Germany, and they were all smashed up. But I loved those dark cookies with the white bottom. 😂❤ yummy
Dear Deana, dear Phil,
If gingerbread, Baumkuchen or other things are more expensive in some shops, it could be because they were made by hand and not industrially produced.
This is of course more expensive, but there is also more work involved.
And the quality is also different.
These foods usually taste better and may even be healthier.
And of course this work has to be paid for.
You should think about this before you think that these things are unnecessarily more expensive.
When I lived in Germany we always bought a gingerbread house at Christmas time. It sat on a sideboard table thing. We always loved them. But, we didn't eat them. I'm one of those who likes lebkuchen. 😊 I was in Bad Aibling and Augsburg. German bakeries differ though. There was one near my apartment that had the best strudel, but one on the way home from work had the best brotchen rolls. I used to stop in there after a midnight shift to pick up rolls for sandwiches. Augsburg had a fantastic Christmas market.
We live in the area of Salzwedel and Salzwedeler Baumkuchen is so much superior to the Aldi one, it has a more refined taste, the chocolate glaze is thin but it keeps the Baumkuchen moist inside. The one from Aldi in comparison is super dry, it's nice overall but yes there is a huge difference. Like you have with every baked good that is factory made vs actually handmade. And they aren't really a seasonal thing, you can get them all year round :) they are just more on display and there are seasonal types like the Baumkuchenspitzen with Alcohol that are sold during winter.
Also Elisenlebkuchen MUST have nuts and seeds inside or they aren't allowed to be called Elisenlebkuchen, if you don't like the taste you should go for another type of Lebkuchen. I think the most approachable ones are the dark chocolate glazed that are shaped like Hearts, Pretzels and Stars.
My mom was born and raised in Nuremberg. Growing up was awesome at Christmastime. She spent every free moment after Thanksgiving baking various cookies and cakes for Christmas. The house always smelled so good. She would pack them in large metal tins and store them all in one room that the entire family was banned from going into. The fun part was that we would all take turns sneaking in there. Then Christmas Day we would wake up to find the kitchen table decorated and each person had a monster dish full of those cookies, cakes, nuts, fresh fruits, chocolates, etc… How I miss those days growing up.
Aldi has a coconut macaroon chocolate that is to die for!
omg which brand? just the aldi one?
I NEED it!
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Love you videos!!!! Can you recommend a place where I could order an arrangement of Christmas sweets?
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I just found your channel this morning, and enjoyed this video a lot!! I’ve seen some of these treats at a higher-end specialty store here in the US. I’m always so curious about them. Now I’m going to head back to that store and try some of these!! Thank you for sharing about them!
I enjoy most of the christmas treats here. But one thing that always annoys me in christman snacks is Zitronat und Orangeat. It's disgusting. I love Marzipanstollen, but I always pull out those super intense, concentrated , artifical tasting rubbery cubes that would otherwise ruin the whole thing 😀
And they are used in many classic christmas treats. And ruin every single one that they are used in.
I can tell you why an original Handmade Baumkuchen is so expensive. It is a lot of time, energy and work to do every single layer of it. You can find videos on that at youtube... For all of those who can't find it in the US, there are ways to make Baumkuchenspitzen from scratch at home. You also bake every layer after another. It will take a lot of time but it is so worth it
the marzipan pig is actually for new years eve, but just like any other holiday with candy, you get those way too early.
4 leaved clover and pigs both are symbols of luck in Germany and you usually give little presents like that to your friends and family to wish them good luck for the coming year.
I’m native German/swiss in the us. Christmas isn’t Christmas until I eat a box of Lebkuchen
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Ps: i only use genuine vanilla in baking, the price is worth it! 😊🎉🙂😉🍻🚬✌️
handmade Baumkuchen baked over an open fire is completely another level, although the industrial ones still taste good😊
WE had one of those hearts it had spaßvogel written on it. It was from a fest in 1997 . We had it hanging in our basement bar and it just fell apart last year 2022
I was told once that pigs rout forward. That's why they're good luck to always fo forward, not back
omg. i'm getting homesick. lebkuchen hearts with the jam in the middle. YES! regards, from an Aussie.
Wow how mean , eating infront of us LOLOLOL. Here in the us we don't have to many selections . To bad .
There those vanilla cookies are fat because your American and you made them American sized
May I send you the pan I use to make these yummy delights? I have an extra one. Then you will always make the right size.
I love Ritter chocolate. I see them in the US sometimes and usually go for the hazelnut/chocolate bars. I hate marzipan, prob bec the first time I had it, I ate too much and got sick, lol. And I never developed a taste for Lebkuchen or stollen. The stollen I tried had marzipan in it and that turned me off. I love regular old, fashioned American fruitcake and I think I'm prob the only person in the US who actually loves fruitcake--plain or soaked in bourbon. But I definitely want to try Baumkuchen.
American fruitcake is better than Stollen. The Stollen squares look a lot better!
Stollen bits with marzipan is my favorite. I buy several and freeze them for later in the new year. I had them with apples this year but marzipan is still my favorite.
I heard the big cookies are not for eating but the small ones are. Most gingerbread houses are not eaten, especially the store bought ones. I've made edible ones but with sugar cookie dough instead of gingerbread.
I am German american and Marzipan will never not be my favorite candy (with no chocolate)
I LOVE the crunchy creamy winter chocolate one. Its sooo good imo
Aren't vanille kipferle austrian? Might be mistaken here.
Anyways, regarding the baumkuchen, higher quality ones usually have much thinner layers, which in return also takes a lot more work.
The real high quality ones also will be really rough and won't be that smooth, as baumkuchen is traditionally backed over a fire on a cylinder, and you pour the dough onto it in layers.
Most foods cannot be traced back exactly. If I google, it says both South Germany as well as Vienna, and some sources claim a third inventor which is bohemia. So it's not "just" Austrian and it's also not "just" German. Food culture often cannot be seperated that easily
The windmill cookies. German friens sent them every year when we were kids. Miss them.
Slurpy Phil....😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love your videos! Makes me want to move to Germany one day!! 🍪
All these sweets look like they would pair well with coffee. Yum.
Do the Aldi in the US carry any of these things?
Mensch Frohe weihnachten and Merry Christmas fuer die zwei meist beruehmten Travellers . Ja ja Weihnachts schleckereien 😋.Bin hier bei uns zu Aldi in den Staaten und habe gleich Butterspekulazius gekauft und Stolle.Marzipan war Noch nicht da .Habt schoene Feiertage.
can you do a quarkbällchen taste test?
Ich glaube Baumkuchen bzw. Baumkuchenspitzen gibt es das ganze Jahr über bei Aldi zu kaufen. Ich liebe die! 😍
I could live on marzipan. Yum.
Keine Dominosteine? Zimtsterne? Pfeffernüsse? Aachener Printen? Magenbrot?
Hey noch als kleiner Tipp zum Formen der Kipferl. Am besten zu dicken Rollen formen und dann biegem. Fertig ist die Kipferlform 😊
Cheering with food: NO GO.
Really enjoy these RUclips videos by you and from Hello Erika, can’t get enough of these German videos.