5 Classic German Christmas Cookies

Beautiful, delicious, and nearly impossible to pronounce (try to say weihnachtspl?tzchen three times fast), these traditional cookies are delectably festive and worth adding to your cookie platter. Here are our best recipes for classic German Christmas cookies.

Hausfreunde

? Nicole Franzen

This recipe calls for dipping buttery almond-apricot sandwich cookies in bittersweet chocolate. The phenomenal results are well worth the effort.

Basler Leckerli

? Nicole Franzen

These spiced cookie bars are an essential part of a German Christmas. They are an excellent make-ahead sweet; in fact, they get more tender and flavorful the longer they sit.

Lebkuchen

Lebkuchen are traditional, delicately spiced German molasses-ginger cookies.

Haselnussmakronen

? Nicole Franzen

These raspberry-hazelnut macaroons require just five ingredients and are extremely no-fuss.

Candy Cookies

? Fredrika Stj?rne

These truffle-like cookies are adapted from a traditional holiday cookie that baker Renato Poliafito discovered during his travels in Germany.