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A yeasted German-style coffee cake with a cinnamon sugar topping.

Glühwein (gluehwein) is the signature drink at Christmas markets across Germany. It's served hot to warm you from the inside out!

Currywurst is a popular 'fast food' in Berlin, Germany. It is quick and simple and everyone loves it! If you're in a hurry, you can substitute ketchup for the sauce, or use your own recipe.

This is a quick, yummy recipe that makes it's own hard sauce. Serve it with real cream. It's an old German recipe my family has made for many holidays.

This is wonderful. Breaded and fried cubed pork with mushrooms and hunter gravy over a bed of noodles. Serve with a salad and a hunk of thick crusty bread.

This classic marzipan recipe is made with whole almonds and confectioners' sugar. If you like, you can flavor it with almond extract. Use it to top your Christmas cake or roll into small balls and drizzle with melted chocolate for a gorgeous festive gift.

This sauerkraut recipe is quick and easy to make for a great side dish or last-minute topping for hot dogs. It reminds me of visiting my grandparents when we always had kielbasa and sauerkraut for our holiday feasts.

These meat-and-cabbage-mixture filled sweet rolls make a great main dish, and are also great as a snack. They reheat well, so leftovers are also great! Sauerkraut can be used in place of the cabbage for more of a 'kraut flavor'.

This apple streusel pie has a sweet bottom crust and a crisp topping that's easy to make with one dough. The apples are cooked with cinnamon until tender for an amazing fall dessert.

Zwiebelkuchen is a delicious onion pie from south-central Germany. Fall is a very special time of year here, as local winemakers will open a BasinWirtschaft in their barn or garage. They serve new wine, fresh zwiebelkuchen, and perhaps some wurst, for a minimal fee!

This is a German product that can be thought of as a cross between cream cheese and yogurt. It's a primary ingredient for German cheesecake.

This Oktoberfest recipe for chicken and cabbage is crazy simple. I adore Bavarian cuisine. My husband and I ate at wonderful German restaurants when we lived in San Francisco. Now I have to make my own since there's no good German food where we live.

This is a lovely cake with the taste of almond and chocolate and it is almost like a pound cake.

This is a family favorite of ours, my mom got the recipe from a German lady when we lived in Germany. You may use tenderized veal in place of the cube steaks in this recipe.

This is the REAL homemade bologna and it is simply delicious! My Grandmother made this and gave the recipe to my Mom, and she gave it to me! You can say it is passed down! I am not a real big fan of Bologna, but once you taste this, you will love it all over again!

This recipe for Kate's Easy German Sauerbraten is a slow-cooker version of a classic German recipe. Sauerbraten is often served with red cabbage and spaetzle noodles.

Lebkuchen are traditional German Christmas cookies full of festive spices, candied mixed fruit, and nuts. They are finished with a simple sweet lemon glaze. You can coat them with melted chocolate if you prefer.

I fell in love with apfelkuchen when I was in 6th grade. Our teacher let us order from a local German bakery and eat our treats in class once a month. These flavors bring back wonderful memories.

A lean version of a German beef and cabbage filled roll. They freeze very well, and are good dipped in mustard.

Succulent pork shanks with irresistible crackling, spiced and oven-roasted for three hours and served with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. Mmmmm.

Meat rolls filled with bacon, onions and pickles. Delicious, easy recipe learned while visiting Germany.

This crockpot pork roast with sauerkraut and caraway seeds becomes tender and delicious when cooked slowly. This gets raves from my German father. My Irish husband loves it, too!

I came up with this recipe for brats and sauerkraut because simply simmering sausages in beer and onions tasted weak. I was looking for a more intense beer flavor with a little bite, and this is it. It's a very satisfying dish if you crave German flavor that's Americanized. We love this dish served on potato rolls with spicy hot German mustard, Swiss cheese, and an ice-cold beer on the side.

This is a delicious traditional German dessert-type dish that your kids will love! It's a sweet semolina pudding served with anything from applesauce to ground cinnamon and sugar. You can adjust the amount of sugar to your preferred sweetness.

Springerle cookies are one of Germany's most famous Christmas treats. I've had them every year since I was a child. My mother remembers her grandmother making them with this recipe that has been in our family for generations.

Frikadellen, the original hamburger, are served like a flattened meatball with string beans and salad. I also like to use this recipe to make Swedish meatballs (but omit the paprika). My aunt in Hamburg, Germany, taught me this recipe, and I've been making it ever since. Serve with steamed string beans and tossed salad. Or serve on a kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato, pickled cucumbers, finely sliced deep-fried onions, and curry ketchup.

For something that looks and tastes as impressive as this beef rouladen, it's actually one of the simplest stuffed meat recipes I know. You can pretty much use any cheap cut of beef; I used round steak, but rump, chuck, flap meat, and other similar cuts will work work.

This jägerschnitzel is a delicious dish I ordered again and again when I was stationed in Germany with the Army. It is best served with French fries to clean up the remaining gravy and a nice garden salad.

I got this recipe for honey cookies from my grandmother who got it from her grandmother. She had to translate it and then figure out the measurements. The original recipe called for "enough flour to make a dough." Thankfully grandma knew what kind of dough.

This wiener schnitzel is an easy German recipe and one of our favorites. Boneless pork chops can also be substituted for veal and taste excellent!

This roasted half chicken is inspired by Brathähnchen, commonly served in Bavarian biergartens, small shops, and food carts. You can serve this oven-roasted chicken with many side dishes, but favorites include fried potatoes or spaetzle and a nice garden salad. Weiss beer doesn't hurt at all!

Pfeffernüsse are German Christmas cookies spiced with black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, and other spices. I have searched far and wide for a recipe that mimics my favorite, store-bought version of these cookies. After days of thrown-out cookies, I think I have come as close as I can get.

This pretty plum cake is made with a buttery sponge cake recipe, topped with sliced plums, cinnamon, and sugar before being baked to perfection for a delicious way of using fresh plums when in season. Serve with whipped cream.

I discovered quark at a farmers market and instantly fell in love, but it's been difficult to find in stores. This recipe is a fine replacement for more expensive creme fraiche and pairs well with fresh fruit for dessert.

This beef rouladen recipe is another great German dish that reminds me of my mom's wonderful cooking. Enjoy this unique and delicious dish!

This sauerkraut and sausage recipe is from a sweet old German lady I used to attend church with. Allow for plenty of time to prepare and cook this dish. It is definitely worth the time and effort! Serve with hot German potato salad and red cabbage.