Baking Just Like Oma: Traditional German Recipes for the Home Baker. This item is unavailable.Baking Just Like Oma: Traditional German Recipes for the Home Baker

Bring the flavors and memories of traditional German baking into your own kitchen, just like Oma.

Baking Just Like Oma brings together 60 traditional German recipes from Oma Gerhild’s kitchen, with easy-to-follow instructions, helpful baking tips, black-and-white photos, and both US customary and metric measurements.

Bake German favorites such as:

• Apfelstrudel (Apple Strudel)
• Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte (Black Forest Cherry Cake)
• Lebkuchen (German Gingerbread)
• Krustenbrot (German Crusty Bread)
• Pretzels
• Rye Bread
• Chocolate Cream Torte
• Cream Puffs
• Marzipan
• And many more traditional breads, cakes, pastries, and Christmas treats

Gerhild Fulson, founder of Just Like Oma, was born in Germany and learned to bake breads, rolls, tortes, and holiday treats at her Mutti’s side. In this collection, she shares those familiar recipes and traditions so home bakers can recreate them wherever they live.

Throughout the book, you’ll also find Oma’s Ecke (Grandma’s Corner), with extra guidance, baking hints, and helpful notes. Some recipes include bread-machine instructions, along with directions for making them without one. Charming coloring pages featuring additional baking tips are scattered throughout the book as well.

Traditional German baking made approachable. Recipes use accessible ingredients and include both US customary and metric measurements, making it easier to recreate the breads, cakes, pastries, and Christmas favorites you remember — or discover them for the first time.

Whether you’re baking Black Forest Cherry Cake for a celebration, making homemade pretzels, or filling the kitchen with the aromas of German Christmas baking, Baking Just Like Oma helps you carry those traditions into your own kitchen and make them part of your family’s story.

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