Recipe Sifter

Traditionally baked during 'Sinterklaas', a feast on 5 December (6 December in Belgium and Germany) on which little children receive gifts from the holy St. Nicholas, the partial inspiration for Santa Claus. In Germany, Pfeffernüsse are traditionally made during the Christmas season.

With this simple recipe, you will be making this scrumptious pumpkin bread in no time!

Classic German beef pot roast that is marinated with vinegar, spices and seasonings. It's traditionally served with red cabbage and/or spaetzle or even pasta. Perfect for celebrating Oktoberfest.

This old fashioned fruit cake is a classic. Candied fruits, rum, molasses and all kinds of spices make the cake rich in flavor.

Quick, easy and delicious recipe for you to make your own mincemeat that can be used for cookies, pies and other desserts!

Moist apple cake with grated apples, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg in a tender oil-based batter studded with walnuts. Sheet-pan style cake that bakes in a 9x13 pan, no frosting required.

German gingerbread cookies (Lebkuchen-style) with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and dark molasses. A classic Christmas cookie that bakes drop-style or chills overnight for cookie-cutter shapes.

Ginger bread is one of the classic and traditional cookies people make for Christmas. The rich flavor from brown sugar and molasses is so good and the spices make the uniquely delicious taste.

Old-fashioned spice cake loaded with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger, plus chopped nuts and plump raisins baked into a tender loaf with a wooden-skewer-clean crumb.

This moist, buttery and flavorful applesauce pound cake is always a winner at our place, we make it very often, sometimes after main course, sometimes we just have it as our coffee cake with some coffee or tea. It is a wonderful and delightful cake :)

Three-layer mincemeat cake spiced with cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon, studded with nuts, and covered in homemade caramel frosting. A rich, festive holiday cake from scratch.

Gingerbread that's more like a moist cake from Eastern Canada.

A very moist bread. Butternut squash adds the moisture and great flavor into the bread, chocolate chips and walnuts give the extra layers of flavors and textures. The glaze makes the bread looks so attractive. A delicious bread is great at any occasion.

Made a bunch of these cranberry chews at the weekend, and they were so good. I used half whole wheat flour, which I usually do when I bake. I also used 1/2 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup butter, and these bars came out wonderfully delicious. I have been enjoying them for breakfast and snack. I froze most of the bars. A great recipe.

High fibre banana bran muffins: a one-bowl breakfast muffin with bran flakes, mashed banana, and a hint of clove. Mix in 10 minutes, bake straight from cupboard staples.

Fruit cake cookies loaded with candied cherries, candied pineapple, white raisins, and pecans with brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. Holiday baking in cookie form.