This version of the Christmas cookies bredele is a bit different than the most common ones that you will find in the region Alsace in France during Christmas time. Every family have their own tradition of which cookies are to be consider as classical for them. These pumpkinseed cookies can be made six to eight weeks before Christmas. This way they can be kept in a tin box, to let them get the right consistence before they will be eaten.

This recipe will give you three cakes in one by using one mixture. The cake will divide itself in three different layers while cooking in the oven. The result is a cake with a fluffy sponge bottom, a creamy custard middle, and a moist dense top layer.

This is a different but tasty preparation of sole fillets. It is served together with boiled fennel and a creamy sauce with white wine and clams. This is an option for a celebration dinner. It is not a big portion so having a starter before the dinner is recommended.

This is a traditional quiche from the region Lorraine in France. It is made of a pastry crust filled with smoked bacon,eggs and heavy cream. The quiche is a popular dish to make, mostly because you can use all different leftovers you'll find at home.

This is the famous Choucroute recipe with sauerkraut, sausages and pork. This dish is mostly served in the winter period because it is heavy. It is traditionally made with sauerkraut, three different kind of sausages and smoked pork, served together with boiled potatoes. If you are still hungry after this meal, than you didn't eat a real choucroute.

This is a homemade Alsatian tarte flambée made in an wood-fire oven according to ancient traditions. A tarte flambée was made from the the bread dough leftovers by farmers wives. The farmers had the tarte flanbée for lunch the day after out in the fields. It is tradition to eat it with the hands folded together, and of course tastes delicious !!

These homemade sauerkraut rolls are a treat for both the eyes and mouth. These small little treats fits perfect as a starter or a small side dish together with a small green salad. The extra time you will put on preparing the sauerkraut your self will make them taste even delicious.

The French sand cookie originate from the Sablé-sur-Sarthe. To make the cookies you need to mix cold butter together with the flour and sugar, and the result resemble of sand. This Alsatian bredeles are one version of the sand cookies, but with a taste of peanut butter. You can use whatever baking from as you prefer.

These small cookies will make you happy any time, and can be served for any occasions. They are both fun and super easy do, so you don't need to be a baking expert. They are a big hit at kids birthday parties.

These bredele have only one thing in common with snowballs and that is the shape. These are traditional Alsatian Christmas bredel. You can find over hundred different variations of bredele cookies, and every family has their own preferences.