evaelisabeth | Caught up on all the baking

So, this year because I don't have the huge commute I've been able to do all the holiday baking that I intended to. I can't wait to see how the Stollen turned out (has to sit for a minimum of 2 weeks) since I've historically produced dusty dry doorstops rather than anything edible. I made Kipferl which turned out well as well as the Coconut Macaroons that Ursula loves and the Hazelnut Macaroons that are my favourite. I think I've finally hit on a gingerbread recipe I really like they are thin and crisp and full of deep burnt caramel flavour. I also made a batch of Bettmaenchen which I remember from my childhood the recipe might be a tiny bit heavy on rose water but we can adjust in future batches, I already reduced the sugar content by a third since the recipe came from the States. The Hazelnut Macaroons are delicious but really fragile since we couldn't find the rest of our Oblaten, I think my Mother may have accidentally thrown them away. It's either that or we will run across them in July in a corner somewhere.

Now if we could only have guests to feed these to things would be perfect.