The 20 best German Christmas Cookies. Festive Baking Recipes from Germany: Plätzchen and other German Holiday Treats

Did you know that many Christmas traditions have been adopted from Germany? The Christmas tree, Christmas markets and, of course, the baking of Holiday cookies – including cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, pepper, allspice... Mmh, yummi! It smells like Christmas. So enjoy the best of the best traditional German Christmas Cookies!

20 STEP-BY-STEP RECIPES
+ Vanilla Crescents
+ Cinnamon Stars
+ Angel Eyes
+ Coated Gingerbread
+ Black and White Cookies
+ Gingerbread Hearts
+ Authentic German Spitzbuben
+ Advent Pretzels
+ Christmas Market Pralines
+ Hazelnut Plätzchen
+ Little Hearts of Love
+ Munich's Sweet Treasures
+ Anise Sugar Cookies
+ Bavarian Peppernuts
+ Cappuccino Cookies
+ Chocolate Kekse
+ Hansel and Gretel Cookies
+ Gingerbread Cakes
+ Sweet Snowballs
+ German Christmas Krapfen