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    German Pastry Recipes

    Germans love their pastries! They typically appear at breakfast or as an afternoon snack with coffee. My most popular recipes are my homemade Berliner (German donuts), Quarkbällchen (German quark donut holes) and Martinsbrezeln (German sweet pretzels).

    • German sugar pretzels on a white plate.
      German Sugar Pretzel Recipe (Martinsbrezeln)
    • dusting apple strudel in powdered sugar
      AMAZING Austrian Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)
    • Braided bread with poppy seed filling cut into slices and a cup of coffee.
      German Braided Bread with Poppyseeds (Mohn-Hefezopf)
    • closeup of franzbrötchen stacked on a plate
      Authentic German Cinnamon Rolls (Franzbrötchen)
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      Authentic German Croissant Dough (Plunderteig)
    • a Berliner German donut from the inside
      How to make Donuts (German Berliner)
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      EASY Donut Hole Recipe (Quarkbällchen)
    • German onion pie and federweisser
      14 German Recipes That Are Perfect For Thanksgiving!
    • German nut bars on parchment paper
      Amazing German Nut Bars (Nussecken)
    • pouring vanilla sauce over German dessert dumplings.
      The BEST Vanilla Sauce Recipe 
    • decorative gingerbread hearts for German parties like Oktoberfest and Christmas markets
      German Gingerbread Hearts With Messages (Lebkuchenherzen)
    • dirndl kitchen peach and raspberry quark strudel7
      Austrian Strudel with Quark, Peach and Raspberry
    • apple cinnamon rolls on a plate
      German Apple Cinnamon Rolls (Apfelschnecken)
    • sliced German stollen on a platter
      Authentic German Stollen Recipe
    • dirndl kitchen strawberry rhubarb strudel2
      The Strawberry Rhubarb Strudel You Need!
    • white plate topped with 3 filled cream puffs
      Easy Cream Puffs (Classic German Windbeutel Version)
    • Chocolate Chip Soft Pretzels (Schokobrezeln)
    • Bierocks stuffed with sausage and sauerkraut
      Bierocks with Sausage and Sauerkraut
    • weckmann pastries on a wooden platter
      St Nicholas Day Tradition & Pastries (Weckmänner)
    • Dreikönigskuchen on a platter and topped with a paper crown.
      Swiss Three Kings Cake (Dreikönigskuchen)
    • Starbucks pumpkin muffins on white plate
      Better Than Starbucks Pumpkin Muffins
    • rhubarb muffins on marble platter
      Easy Rhubarb Muffins
    • dirndl kitchen zitronen berliner rezept german lemon donuts recipe
      Amazing Lemon Donuts (Zitronen-Berliner)
    • pide flatbread pizzas with different toppings on a wooden serving tray
      Authentic Pide (Turkish Flatbread Pizza with 2 Fillings)
    • dirndl kitchen langos hungarian fried dough recipe christmas market
      Lángos (Hungarian Fried Flatbread)
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      Rumtopf Scones Recipe (Easy)
    • dirndl kitchen bratapfelteilchen wunder quark5
      Bratapfel Teilchen: Baked Apple Pastries with Quark

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    Hallo! I'm Sophie Sadler, cookbook author of 'The German Home Kitchen', coming this September, and German food blogger at dirndl kitchen since 2015. I am so happy you’re here! 🥨

    I moved from Trier, Germany to the U.S. in 2009 and soon terribly missed the flavors of home. Crusty German bread, flaky pastries, afternoon Kaffee & Kuchen, and, of course, Döner Kebab and pretzels! So, I started sharing my love for German food and traditions with fun, easy-to-follow recipes. Stay a while, bookmark some recipes, and let’s cook together!

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    📚 Pre-Order My Cookbook The German Home Kitchen (Coming Sept 2025!)

    Mit viel Liebe,
    Sophie 💛

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      Pretzel Beer Bubble Bread
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      Creamy Pasta Salad Recipe (Nudelsalat)

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