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.

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 homemade bread can be served as a cake to the afternoon coffee or for breakfast. If you have a sweet tooth, you can eat it with some honey, jam or nutella. It is enriched with both margarine and eggs, which makes the bread very soft and tender.

Traditional Swedish kanelbullar is perfect for every occasion. The children love to drink milk to freshly baked cinnamon buns.

With this recipe it is simple and easy to make a super moist and creamy carrot cake. The secret ingredient to make it dense is actually to add olive oil. You can find carrot cakes with or without nuts, and with different flavors. This recipe contains cinnamon and is covered with a big layer of cream cheese.

This is a very popular dessert cake in Germany during the plum season in autumn. You can find many variations of this cake but this is the most common one without any toppings or filling. The secret to a sweet moist cake is to have ripe plumes, otherwise the cake can be too sour.

This recipe is a simple version of the famous chocolate chip cookies. It is possible to change the dark chocolate to white- or milk chocolate after preference. If you make the cookies smaller you have more than 20 cookies.

This saffron cake is made with white chocolate and is sticky in the middle. To enhance the flavor you can serve it together with vanilla whip cream. This is a different version of the traditional Swedish chocolate cake and is a big hit at the end year celebrations.

Making oatmeal cookies doesn't take long nor require a lot of preparation. There is a base of ingredients for preparing the cookies but you can modify them after your own preferences. This version is with both cinnamon and raisins.

What taste better during the holidays than a home made cake after a big celebration feast. This soft saffron cake is perfect for that and is is big enough for 15 friends and family members. To save time and energy you can prepare it the day before.

Christmas cookies from Alsace in France filled with raspberry jam. These linzer cookies are mini versions of the big linzertorte, as you use the same ingredients for both. The cookies have a sweet raspberry jam in between the thin and tender cookies.