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Classic German Baking: The Very Best Recipes for Traditional Favorites, from Pfeffernüsse to Streuselkuchen

Classic German Baking: The Very Best Recipes for Traditional Favorites, from Pfeffernüsse to Streuselkuchen

Biographical Note: LUISA WEISS is a Berlin-born, American-Italian food writer who grew up eating warm Streuselschnecken on her way to school and believes dark winter days are best enjoyed whilst...

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Biographical Note:
LUISA WEISS is a Berlin-born, American-Italian food writer who grew up eating warm Streuselschnecken on her way to school and believes dark winter days are best enjoyed whilst sharing Lebkuchen and Zimtsterne with family and friends. Luisa is the creator of the blog The Wednesday Chef and author of the lauded memoir, My Berlin Kitchen. Her work has been featured on Design*Sponge and National Public Radio and in Food&Wine, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and Harper's Bazaar Germany, among many others. She lives in Berlin with her husband and son.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS

COOKIES 12

BUTTERKEKSE 14

Simplest Butter Cookies

HEIDESAND 15

Sandy Almond Sugar Cookies

SCHWARZ-WEISS GEBÄCK 16

Checkerboard Cookies

BLITZKUCHEN 19

Almond-Sugar Cookies

MANDELHÖRNCHEN 20

Chocolate-Dipped Almond Crescents

KNERKEN 22

Cardamom Snap Cookies

ZIMTBREZELN 23

Cinnamon Pretzels

WALNUSS-ZWIEBACK 25

Twice-Baked Walnut Crisps

RUSSISCH BROT 26

Cocoa-Meringue Alphabet Cookies

LÖFFELBISKUIT 27

Ladyfingers

NUSSECKEN 28

Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookie Bars

EISENBAHNSCHNITTEN 31

Almond Cream Jam Bars

PRASSELKUCHEN MIT BLÄTTERTEIG 33

Saxonian Glazed Streusel Slices

SCHWÄBISCHER PRASSELKUCHEN 34

Swabian Streusel-Jam Slices

AMERIKANER 36

Lemon-Glazed Cakelets

CAKES 38

ANISBROT 40

Aniseed Sponge Cake

NUSSKUCHEN 42

Toasted Hazelnut Loaf Cake

VERSUNKENER APFELKUCHEN 43

Sunken Apple Cake

APFEL-MARZIPAN-KUCHEN 44

Apple-Almond Cake

GEDECKTER APFELKUCHEN 46

Glazed Apple Cake

KÄSEKUCHEN 48

Classic Quark Cheesecake

KÄSEKUCHEN OHNE BODEN 50

Crustless Quark Cheesecake

QUARKKUCHEN MIT MANDARINEN 52

Mandarin Orange Cheesecake

RUSSISCHER ZUPFKUCHEN 54

Chocolate Quark Cheesecake

LOTTCHEN'S KIRSCHKUCHEN 57

Sunken Lemon-Cherry Cake

DUNKLER KIRSCHKUCHEN 58

Spiced Chocolate-Cherry Cake

KIRSCHSTREUSELKUCHEN 61

Sour Cherry Streusel Cake

ERDBEER-SAHNE BISKUITROLLE 63

Strawberry Cream Roll

ZITRONENBISKUITROLLE 66

Lemon Cream Roll

MARILLENFLECK 69

Austrian Apricot Sheet Cake

RHABARBERKUCHEN 70

Simple Rhubarb Cake

MARMORKUCHEN 72

Marble Cake

MARMORIERTER MOHNKUCHEN 74

Marbleized Poppy-Seed Cake

YEASTED CAKES 78

ZUCKERKUCHEN 81

Sugar Cake

BUTTERKUCHEN 82

Butter-Almond Cake

STREUSELKUCHEN 84

Yeasted Streusel Cake

APFELKUCHEN 86

Yeasted Apple Cake

PFLAUMENSTREUSELKUCHEN 88

Yeasted Plum Cake with Streusel

BIENENSTICH 90

Honey-Almond Caramel Cake

MOHNSTREUSELKUCHEN 93
Poppy-Seed Streusel Cake

GUGELHUPF 95

Yeasted Cake with Rum-Soaked Raisins

SCHOKOLADEN-GUGELHUPF 97

Chocolate-Stuffed Yeasted Cake

SCHLESISCHE MOHNROLLE 99

Silesian Poppy-Seed Roll

ROSENKUCHEN 102

Spiced Cocoa Pinwheel Cake

KRANZKUCHEN 104

Braided Almond-Cream Wreath

NUSSZOPF 107

Glazed Nut Braid

MOHNZOPF 109

Poppy-Seed Braid

TORTES AND STRUDELS 112

RÜBLITORTE 114

Carrot-Nut Torte

HANNCHEN-JENSEN-TORTE 117

Meringue Cream Cake

HEIDJERTORTE 119

Lingonberry Buckwheat Cream Torte

FRIESENTORTE 122

Plum Cream Torte

SCHWARZWÄLDER KIRSCHTORTE 123

Black Forest Cake

MOHNTORTE 126

Flourless Poppy-Seed Torte

SACHERTORTE 128

Glazed Chocolate Torte

NUSSTORTE VON HAMMERSTEIN 132

Glazed Hazelnut Torte

LINZERTORTE 134

Spiced Almond Jam Tart

TRÄUBELESTORTE 136

Redcurrant Meringue Torte

PFLAUMENSTRUDEL 138

Plum Strudel

APFELSTRUDEL 141

Apple Strudel

TOPFENSTRUDEL 145
Quark Strudel

SAVORIES 148

SÜDDEUTSCHE LAUCHTORTE 150

Creamy Leek Tart

PETERLINGSKUCHEN 151

Swabian Parsley Cake

ZWIEBELKUCHEN 152

Savory Onion Cake

GRÜNER KUCHEN 154

Savory Green Onion and Bacon Cake

SALZEKUCHEN 156

Hessian Potato Cake

HERZHAFTER KÄSEKUCHEN 158

Savory Cheesecake

KARTOFFELSTRUDEL 161

Potato Strudel

KRAUTSTRUDEL 163

Cabbage Strudel

KARTOFFEL-KÄSE DINNEDE 166

Swabian Potato-Cheese Flat Bread

SPECK-WALNUSS GUGELHUPF 168

Bacon-Walnut Gugelhupf

BREADS AND ROLLS 170

BRÖTCHEN 172

Classic Breakfast Rolls

MOHNHÖRNCHEN 175

Poppy-Seed Crescent Rolls

SEELEN 177

Swabian Spelt Caraway Rolls

HEISSWECKEN 179

Raisin-Spice Buns

ROGGENBRÖTCHEN 182

Rye Rolls

ROSINENBRÖTCHEN 184

Whole Wheat Raisin Buns

KÄSE-KÜMMEL-BRÖTCHEN 186

Caraway-Cheese Rye Rolls

QUARKBRÖTCHEN 188

Sweet Quark Rolls

QUARK-OSTERHASEN 190

Soft Quark Bunny Rolls

SCHWARZWÄLDER KARTOFFELBRÖTCHEN 192

Potato Rolls with Bacon and Caraway

BREZELN 194

Soft Pretzels

FRANZBRÖTCHEN 197

Cinnamon-Sugar Buns

ROSINENSCHNECKEN 202

Raisin-Frangipane Spiral Buns

BREMER KÜRBISBROT 204
Roasted Squash Bread

AACHENER POSCHWECK 206

Easter Bread with Raisins and Sugar Cubes

SCHWEIZER ZOPF 209

Swiss Braid

ROSINENZOPF 213

Sweet Raisin Bread

CHRISTMAS FAVORITES 216

LEBKUCHEN 218

Old-Fashioned German Gingerbread

ELISENLEBKUCHEN 220

Glazed Flourless Nuremberg Lebkuchen

HONIGLEBKUCHEN 222

Honeyed Lebkuchen Squares with Caramelized Almonds

LEBKUCHEN-POWIDLTATSCHKERLN 224

Plum-Filled Gingerbread Pockets

BIBERLE 226

Gingerbread Almond Nuggets

PFEFFERNÜSSE 228

Iced Spice Cookies

BASLER LECKERLI 229

Swiss Spice Squares

SPRINGERLE 231

Swabian Anise Cookies

SPEKULATIUS 234

Almond Spice Cookies

BETHMÄNNCHEN 236

Almond Domes

ZEDERNBROT 237

Lemon-Almond Crescent Cookies

NUSSSTANGEN 238

Hazelnut-Almond Batons

ZIMTSTERNE 241

Cinnamon-Almond Meringue Stars

MAKRONENSCHNITTEN 242

Walnut Macaroon Slices with Jam

BASLER BRUNSLI 243

Swiss Almond-Chocolate Cookies

HASELNUSS-HIMBEER MAKRONEN 244

Hazelnut-Raspberry Macaroons

WEIHNACHTSPLÄTZCHEN 246

Simple Christmas Cookies

VANILLEKIPFERL 248

Melting Vanilla-Almond Crescents

GEFÜLLTE ORANGENTALER 249
Candied Orange Sandwich Cookies

FRÜCHTEBROT 250

Austrian Fruit Bread

CHRISTBROT 252

Sweet Christmas Bread

QUARKSTOLLEN 256

Quark-Almond Sweet Bread

STOLLENKONFEKT 257

Bite-Size Stollen

BAUMKUCHEN 259

Chocolate-Glazed Tree Cake

BASICS 262

QUARK 264

Sour Fresh Cheese

MARZIPANROHMASSE 264

Almond Paste

PFLAUMENMUS 265

Spiced Plum Butter

LEBKUCHENGEWÜRZ 265

Lebkuchen Spice Mix

STREUSEL 266

Basic Streusel

MANDELSTREUSEL 266

Almond Streusel

VANILLEZUCKER 267

Vanilla Sugar

SCHLAGSAHNE 267

Lightly Sweetened Whipped Cream

Review Quotes:
"If you're fascinated by German baking, by the recipes for kuchen, cakes, tortes, cookies, and yeasted sweets passed down through generations, then you'll be as joyful as I am that Luisa Weiss has given us this beautifully written and photographed book. Here, at last, is our portal to learning more about the long tradition of German baking, which has influenced bakers around the world, and to recreating such wonders at home. Classic German Baking is a sweet adventure."
-- Dorie Greenspan, author of Dorie's Cookies and the New York Times best-selling Baking Chez Moi

"I've waited a long time for another book by Luisa Weiss. In demystifying German baking she has done all cooks a great service. An inspiring and delicious labour of love."
-- Diana Henry, The Daily Telegraph

"Even if you don't have the stamina for homemade apple strudel or Black Forest cake, this Berlin-born food blogger will win you over with her sandy almond sugar cookies."
-- The New York Times

"Luisa Weiss takes classic German recipes and transforms them into extraordinarily modern takes. This is a book that even a novice can be inspired by."
-- Mindy Segal, author of Cookie Love

"I value few things more than classic recipes that honor tradition, are presented with heart, and are so well tested that you know you can trust them. This impressive volume by the wonderful Luisa Weiss is filled with these sorts of recipes. I can almost taste the apricot jam and smell the almond paste just by reading Classic German Baking."
-- Julia Turshen, author of Small Victories

"From stunning layered cakes to fruit-forward tarts and spiced holiday cookies, Luisa Weiss opens up the world of German baking to bakers around the world. My dream is to be in her kitchen, stretching strudel, twisting pretzels and layering chocolate tortes alongside her. Classic German Baking takes me right there."
-- David Lebovitz, author of My Paris Kitchen

"This overdue guide is a happy marriage of European craft and American sensibilities."
--Bonnie S. Benwick, The Washington Post

"As an expat American, Weiss has a sense of discovery that permeates her book, giving a sense of wonder and appreciation to the sometimes complicated recipes. It's just the right sensibility, and it makes for a cookbook that's not only useful and instructive but charming."
-- Amy Scattergood, The Los Angeles Times

"Berlin-born food writer Weiss ( My Berlin Kitchen) collects masterpieces of time-tested recipes to create this traditional classic that, like her lebkuchen (old-fashioned German gingerbread), is bound to stand the test of time and taste. [...] Collected from various places and people--whether it's a cookbook or from her German assistant--this cookbook presents a beautiful piece of German tradition."
-- Publishers Weekly

"In Classic German Baking, author and former cookbook editor Luisa Weiss surpassed those expectations with an engaging, precise, and pitch-perfect collection of more than 100 recipes that deserve to be better known in the U.S."
-- Lisa Rojany, NY Journal of Books


Publisher Marketing:
From her cheerful Berlin kitchen, Luisa Weiss shares more than 100 rigorously researched and tested recipes, gathered from expert bakers, friends, family, and time-honored sources throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

German baking has influenced baking traditions around the world for generations and is a source of great nostalgia for those of German and Central European heritage. Yet the very best recipes for Germany's cookies, cakes, tortes, and breads, passed down through generations, have never before been collected and perfected for contemporary American home bakers. Enter Luisa Weiss, the Berlin-based creator of the adored Wednesday Chef blog and self-taught ambassador of the German baking canon.

Whether you're in the mood for the simple yet emblematic Streuselkuchen, crisp and flaky Strudel, or classic breakfast Brötchen, every recipe you're looking for is here, along with detailed advice to ensure success plus delightful storytelling about the origins, meaning, and rituals behind the recipes. Paired with more than 100 photographs of Berlin and delectable baked goods, such as Elisenlebkuchen, Marmorierter Mohnkuchen, and S chwarzwälder Kirschtorte, this book will encourage home bakers of all skill levels to delve into the charm of Germany's rich baking tradition.

Classic German Baking
is an authoritative collection of recipes that provides delicious inspiration for any time of day, whether it's for a special breakfast, a celebration with friends and family, or just a regular afternoon coffee-and-cake break, an important part of everyday German life.

Review Citations:

  • Publishers Weekly 08/15/2016 (EAN 9781607748250, Hardcover)
  • Library Journal 10/15/2016 pg. 109 (EAN 9781607748250, Hardcover)
  • Wilson Nonfiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9781607748250, Hardcover)


Author: Weiss, Luisa
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2016-10-18
BISAC: Cooking|Methods|Baking|Cooking|Regional & Cultural|German|Cooking|Courses & Dishes|Desserts
Subjects: Cookbooks|Cooking, German|Baking
Weight: 2.5 lbs
ISBN: 9781607748250
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781607748250

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