This post may contain affiliate links.See my disclosure policy.Nothing is quite as magical as Christmas in Germany.

The sights, the smells, the decorations, the Christmas markets, and of course the food.Here are some of the most famous and beloved of all traditional German Christmas Cookies that you can make to enjoy and give away during the Christmas season! Traditional German Christmas Cookies Few scents capture the magic of Christmas quite like the warm, spicy aroma of traditional German cookies baking in the oven.From fragrant Lebkuchen to buttery Heidesand, these festive treats have been a cherished part of Germany’s holiday season for centuries.

Growing up in southern Germany, my Mutti would make many of these delicious treats for us every Christmas and as I got older I baked them with her, learning from the best.A favorite tradition of ours was to bake a huge variety of these Christmas cookies, arrange them on individual plates, and give them as gifts to friends and loved ones.These traditional German Christmas cookies are one of the things I continue to look forward to the most as the holiday season approaches (along with a few other fabulous non-cookie German Christmas bakes, which I’ve included at the very bottom).

With these throughly authentic recipes, I’m going to take you on a sweet journey through some of Germany’s most iconic and beloved Christmas cookies.Pfeffernüsse Growing up in Germany I was never a fan of the store-bought

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