Hamantaschen are triangular filled pastries made from a shortbread or cookie dough folded up around a centered filling and pinched at three corners to hold the shape during baking. The traditional filling is poppy seed paste — mohn in Yiddish — though prune jam, apricot preserves, and chocolate have all become common. The dough is […]

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Lebkuchen is a soft, dense spiced cake-cookie made from honey, rye flour, and a blend of warm spices — cinnamon, cloves, anise, cardamom, and allspice in varying combinations depending on the baker and region. It is finished with a sugar glaze, chocolate coating, or left plain, and is typically baked on a thin wafer base […]

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