I love baking and my family is half German; while we still have some family recipes floating around, but I was very interested in finding some traditional German baking recipes.

This well-organized book is perfect of bakers from novices (like me) to pros. It the history of the each recipe before detailing in easy to follow step-by-step instructions how to bake. There's an extensive glossary of ingredients, very helpful because I was unfamiliar with some of them (Baker's Ammonia? Almond Paste?) and it helped me to know what to look for. I did manage to find almond paste, but could not find baker's ammonia anywhere. I may have to buy that online.


Armed with my almond paste, I decided to start small with Heidesand (Sandy Almond Sugar Cookies)