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The Spruce Eats
German Food & Recipes
Enjoy authentic German food at home with our recipe collection, from bratwurst and spaetzle to strudel and black forest cake.
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Soft Pretzel Bites
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German Spaetzle
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Rumtopf: German Preserved Fruit in Rum
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Spaetzle With Mushrooms in Cream Sauce
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How to Make Lebkuchen (Traditional German Gingerbread)
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10 Homemade German Breads
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How to Fix Undercooked Bread
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German Gingerbread Hearts (Markt Lebkuchenherzen)
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What Is Ice Wine?
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Cinnamon Streusel Crumb Topping
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German Potato Varieties
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Abendbrot German Evening Bread Custom
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German Crown Cake (Frankfurter Kranz)
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Stir up Some Spargelsuppe (Creamy White Asparagus Soup)
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German New Year's Pretzel (Grosse Neujahrs-Breze)
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Bauernbrot: German Farmer's Bread
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What Is Schinken?
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German Meat Fondue With Broth (Fleischfondue)
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Authentic Wiener Schnitzel Recipe
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German Seed Bread (Dreikernebrot)
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German/Swabian Springerle Cookies
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German Bienenstich Kuchen (Bee Sting Cake)
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100% Whole-Grain Oatmeal Bread From Scratch
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Nutella Pastry Puffs
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Copycat Seeduction Bread
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German Maultaschen Dumplings
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All About Senf Oder Mostrich, the German Mustard
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German Schwenkbraten (Pork Steak Barbecue) Recipe
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Hot Paprika and Tomatoes (Gypsy Sauce) for Schnitzel
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Milchreis: German Rice Pudding
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German Potato Dumplings (Kartoffelklöße)
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Austrian Pancakes With Raisins (Kaiserschmarrn)
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How to Make Better Bread
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German Apple Cake (Wiener Apfelkuchen)
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Bratkartoffeln (German Cottage Potatoes With Bacon)
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German Falscher Hase (Special Meatloaf)
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The Ultimate Guide to Baking Bread With Yeast
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German Fastnacht Deep-Fried Doughnuts
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Szegediner Gulasch - Hungarian Spiced Stew
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Obatzda Für Den Biergarten German Cheese Spread
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Learn About Butter and How It's Made
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German Potato Noodles - Badische Schupfnudeln
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Amerikaner - Cake-Like Cookies Frosted on the Bottom
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Southern German Potato Salad (Schwäbische Kartoffelsalat)
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Sweet German Pancakes With Sugar and Lemon
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Frankfurt's Famous Green Sauce
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Make German Fried Meat Patties
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Kohlrouladen: German Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
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Authentic German Butter Cake (Butterkuchen)
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Turkish Flatbread (Fladenbrot) Found in Germany
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German Deep Dish Onion Pie
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German Red Cabbage (Rotkohl)
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Crock Pot Beef Rouladen
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Spekulatius (German Spice Cookies) Recipe
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Scrambled Eggs With Spinach
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Schmalzkuchen (Little German Doughnuts)
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German Apple Pancakes
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German Lentil Stew With Noodles and Frankfurters
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German Streusel Cake With Cherries
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German Salad Dressing With Evaporated Milk Recipe