Delicious Christmas recipes

What would Christmas be without delicious traditions? Definitely only half as nice. That's why we love to sweeten the Advent season with homemade cookies, punch and more. We also like to use our own recipe ideas. We think so: The way to the heart is definitely through the stomach and should not be neglected, especially at Christmas. And since anyone can make cookies, we have three delicious Christmas recipes for you today - and not just any old cookies. After all, they're a dime a dozen. We're talking about a speculoos spread and a roasted almond liqueur. Sounds really good, doesn't it?

Curtain up for... the speculoos spread! Our marketing colleague Lena can't do without it at Christmas - and it's a real all-rounder. Whether in muesli, in oatmeal or classically on a bread roll: This sweet sin has it all. And it's really easy to make: all you need are the following ingredients and steps:

Roughly crush the spiced speculoos, preferably using a food chopper, until they are fine. Then decant.

Melt the softened butter in pieces beforehand and add to the blender jug. Add the spiced biscuits, room temperature condensed milk, ½ teaspoon of cinnamon and a pinch of salt. Mix everything together and blend.

Pour the speculaas spread into clean jars, leave to cool completely and store in the fridge. The spread will keep for a good 3 weeks if refrigerated (even if it never lasts that long in our house 😉).

Something that should be enjoyed in moderation, but is at least as delicious, is the roasted almond liqueur. We got to know and love it thanks to Vanessa Termöllen. Click here for the recipe:

Finely chop the roasted almonds using a suitable chopper.

Then add all the other ingredients (except the rum) to the almonds in a pan. Cook for about 10 minutes at approx. 100 °C. Then leave to infuse for a further 20 minutes at a lower temperature.

Allow the mixture to cool to approx. 70 °C, add the rum and mix. Decant the mixture and leave to infuse for 1-2 days in a cool place.

After the infusion time, pour the liqueur into bottles (ideally through a fine sieve) and seal tightly immediately. Store in a cool place and shake well before serving. The liqueur will keep for around 1 month when chilled - making it a great Christmas gift for your loved ones!

Now it's just a case of: on your marks, get set, feast! We wish you lots of fun and, above all, many delicious results when trying out our recipes - and look forward to the next blog article in the meantime!