Vanilla kipferl are almond Christmas cookies that are traditionally baked during the holiday season in eastern France.

Litlle alsatian gingerbread for Christmas! (in French)

Alsatian Christmas cookies with hazelnuts, jam and chocolate (in French)

Alsatian Christmas cookies with spices & almonds (in French)

Alsatian Christmas cookies with dried grapes (in French)

Alsatian Christmas biscuits called teeth of wolf. (in French)

Chocolate shortbread (in French)

Coffee biscuits shaped as small logs (in French)

Biscuits with mandarin and poppy seeds (in French)

Christmas cookies with walnuts and chocolate – called Nusshiffele (in French)

Hazelnut crescents (in french)

Christmas cookies called brunsli. (in French)

Christmas cookies with coconut (in French)

Alsatian Christmas cookies called caps monks (bonnets de moines). (in French)

Three Bredele recipes for Christmas season – a French treat from Alsace.

Three types of holiday bredele and what restaurants serve them.