Welcome to the baking section of my website! Here you can find all of my posts related to bread and other baked goods like strudel, flammkuchen, and cakes. In the top section, you can find posts about the theory and technology of baked goods along with some posts discussing the cultural significance and history of bread in Germany. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you can find all of my baking recipes. These range from sweet goods like doughnuts and apple strudel to rustic bread like spelt bread and Swabian specialties like pretzels. My blog focuses mainly on savory baked goods. A lot of blogs on German food already feature a ton of traditional cake recipes but the baked goods you might find in a German bakery are only rarely featured on them. I want to fill in that gap because, for me, it is much more fun to bake savory goods.
Check out my new book on how to bake bread the German way:
This book covers the how’s and why’s of bread-making. It is a comprehensive guide on bread ingredients, techniques, and the general bread-making process. It helps you to gain a deeper understanding and enables you to bake bread without a recipe.
Are you new to bread-baking? Start here:
Deep dives in baking technology for advanced bakers:
Bread from a cultural point of view:
Browse my collection of bread recipes:
Liver spätzle with apples and onions (‘Gebratene Leberspätzle’)
Last Updated on 6 years ago by Tim Out of all the different spätzle varieties, liver spätzle are my absolute favorite. There’s something about their savoriness that makes them irresistible. Liver spätzle are commonly served in two different ways: Inside a savory beef broth or sweated in butter together with […]
How to make candy – Part 10: Chocolate confectionary
Chocolate is mostly used for coating confectionery products. It’s delicious. You dip a sugary product in dark chocolate and that gives you a crisp crust with shiny brown color. If you use dark chocolate, the bitterness nicely compliments the sweetness of the candy. But chocolate can not only be used […]
10 life lessons from Swabia
The Swabian dialect is full of proverbs and ancient wisdom. These are ten common sayings that many Swabians live by. Of course, all expressions are written in the Swabian dialect – in standard German, they just sound weird. 1. Dr Deifl isch a Eichhörnle The devil is a squirrel According […]
Why you should own a pressure cooker
If there is one pot in my kitchen that I will never let go of, it is my pressure cooker. If you don’t own a pressure cooker yet, you should consider buying one. Even if you’re one of these skeptics, let me show you why I think this is the […]
Why I don’t read or watch the news
There has been a lot of discussion in recent years about the media. Some people are worried about local newspapers dying out while others accuse the mainstream media of delivering fake news. What is the reality nowadays, is that only a handful of mega-corporations own the majority of privately-run newspapers […]
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