Nachspeise

Nachspeise means Afterfood in German, AKA dessert. 

Today brings us Baking With Amanda day. Except Amanda is in Germany. And I am in Austria. 

So Skype Cookies.

We made a date yesterday, for after kindergarten so the kids could help. I gave her the shopping list.

Butter.

Sugar.

Flour.

Jam.

Quark.

WHAT?? WHAT IS QUARK?? Umm, well, here in Austria it's called Topfen, but there it's called quark. And in the US it's called..... Umm, it doesn't exist. It's kind of like ricotta. Apparently it was good she had a google translator app with her, or she might have bought Chive-flavored Quark, which would have probably ruined the cookies.

First we made the dough. Amanda lost the jam she bought yesterday, so we took a grocery run break. Then the fun started.

First roll it.

Then pat it.

Then say HELLO really loud to Amanda.

Which we tried to document with a screen capture:

ja!

Henry and Theodore got to put jam on it.

We formed some pinwheels.

Put them in my Austrian Oven and waited. 

Amanda set the timer, or I might have forgotten to take them out.

There she is putting them into her German Oven.

Lemon juice + powdered sugar = yum deliciousness.

German oven took longer. 

Felix looks dubious.

Irma's more trusting.

Amanda's downright overjoyed.

And Centa needs afternoon caffeine.

Not enough pinwheels for you? Check out Amanda's blog about the same story, and see how awesome she is at telling stories and learning German: 

Clicky Here! :)