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Easy German Cookie Recipes

Here is where you will find all my authentic German cookie recipes. So if you miss the Kekse Oma used to make, you can recreate them in your own home! And all of these cookies are easy to share with friends and family.

From beautiful iced German gingerbread hearts called Lebkuchen Herzen to 3 ingredient German coconut macaroons, there's a cookie for every occasion!

  • Heart-shaped cookies decorated with white icing next to cookie cutters and icing in a piping bag.
    12 Best Traditional German Christmas Cookie Recipes
  • A stack of half a dozen rye cookies on a plate.
    Old Fashioned Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Three almond flour cookies on a plate on a red linen.
    Old Fashioned Almond Flour Shortbread Cookies with Almond Meal
  • Easy Lavender Lemon Shortbread Cookie Bars
  • A hand holding a half-eaten small cookie next to evergreen sprigs.
    German Marzipan Cookies | Bethmännchen
  • Chewy Chocolate Nutella Thumbprint Cookies
  • A metal plate with half a dozen cookies topped with jam.
    Jam Thumbprint Cookies | Kulleraugen or Engelsaugen
  • A ribbon in the center of a ring of star shaped cookies.
    Easy Cinnamon Star Cookies | Zimtsterne
  • Spekulatius Cookies | Crispy Spiced German Biscuits
  • Authentic German Springerle Cookies with Anise
  • Hedgehog Cookies with Chocolate and Almonds
  • Spritzgebäck | German Spritz Cookies without a Press
  • Spitzbuben | Swiss Strawberry Jam Cookies
  • Black Forest Cookies (Chunky!)
  • Linzer Raspberry Cookies
  • German Vanilla Crescent Cookies | Vanillekipferl
  • 4 Ingredient German Coconut Macaroons
  • Easy German Nut Corners | Nussecken
  • German Butter Cookie Biscuits | Butterkekse
  • German Gingerbread Hearts | Lebkuchenherzen
  • A stack of three glazed Pfeffernusse cookies.
    Pfeffernüsse | Spiced German Christmas Cookies
  • German Gingerbread Cookies (Lebkuchen)
  • German almond horn cookies on a metal serving platter.
    German Almond Horn Cookies with Almond Paste
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