german coconut macraroons (glutenfree) recipe

This is a quick, easy dessert and also very tasty. You only need 3 egg whites, 200 g grated coconut (unsweetened) and 150 g sugar. You can dress it up with white chocolate or some lemon peel from an organic lemon.

First you beat the egg whites until it is a stiff mass, add the sugar and the coconut. Mix well.
Spoon it on a baking sheets, making little balls. Bake them for ca 10 minutes at 300 Fahrenheit.

Guten Appetit!!

German Christmas Cookies "Vanille Sternchen" Recipe

Can you believe it is Christmas next week??

I just started to bake this week-end and have a lot more I want to do and share like Zimtsterne, Marzipankartoffeln and Vanillekipferle. I am getting excited just writing about it!

Anyhow, I was at least able to make a batch of Vanille Sterne.  Well, it is a very easy recipe. That always helps :)

I pinned this recipe 12 years ago from Brigitte and the original is excellent, no questions asked. However I swapped the flour to whole wheat and changed the sugar to honey, making this treat a little healthier. It works, but it is done faster (mean the baking oven part) and it is also more fragile, meaning the cookies tend to break more easy. Generally I also use Omega 3 eggs and butter from grass fed cows to make it healthier all around (Kerrygold is one of the more affordable options).

Ingredients :

200 g cold butter
400 g flour (whole wheat if you like)
150 g sugar
1 pinch salt
1 egg (omega 3)

• cut the butter in small pieces and mix with the other ingredients until you have a smooth dough.
• wrap the dough tight in a plastic foil and cool it for at least an hour in the refrigerator.

Ingredients for the topping:

50 g butter

2 tsp vanilla

80 g confection sugar

100 g raspberry confituere

• preheat the oven to 200 Grad or 392 Fahrenheit.
• melt the butter, add the vanilla.
• cut out cookies, about 3 mm thick. I do this directly on parchment paper, but first I dust the work area with flour to prevent sticking.
• bake the cookies about 10 minutes (the whole wheat version is about 6-8 minutes)
• put the butter vanilla mixture on the cookies when they are still warm from the oven.
• heat the raspberry jam and and stir it until it is smooth, than top half of the stars with it.
• Than add the other stars on top, using a different angle finishing with dusting the confection sugar.

You are all done!!! These cookies need a couple of days to develop the full vanilla aroma. Question is can you wait?

Froehliche Weihnachten!!

Note: 

This cookie dough works great with kids. They can cut out their favorite shapes. Just omit the extra topping since that can get very messy, at least in our household.

mango coconut creme recipe, vegan dessert

Mango's have been on sale for the last couple of weeks and I bought a lot for this dessert. All you need is three ripe mangos and 1 can of coconut milk. This is enough for the five of us. You peel the mango and cut them in pieces. Open the can of coconut milk. Add both in a blender and blend until you got a smooth creme. You should let it sit for a while (at least an hour). The creme starts to thicken naturally and it will turn into a sort of pudding mousse.


Enjoy!!!