---
title: Advent
url: /advent/
canonical_url: https://flowers-recipes.com/advent/
language: en
alternates:
  pl: https://flowerek.com/adwent/
  de: https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/advent/
  en: https://flowers-recipes.com/advent/
  x-default: https://flowers-recipes.com/advent/
published: "2010-12-05"
last_updated: "2010-12-05"
type: article
author: Basia
prerequisites:
  - /category/baking-and-desserts/
  - /category/cookies/
related:
  - /coconut-macaroons/
  - /butter-cookies-two-ways/
  - /orange-poppy-seed-bars/
  - /stollenkonfekt/
categories:
  - Cookies
  - Blog
  - "Holiday Baking"
tags:
  - advent
  - christmas
  - cookies
comments: 4
summary: "Advent is a time of calm, baking and cookies. See which little Advent cookies I picked to bake this year, plus a few of my favorite recipes."
---

# Advent

Advent is a time of calm, baking and cookies. See which little Advent cookies I picked to bake this year, plus a few of my favorite recipes.

**This page in other languages:** [Polski (pl)](https://flowerek.com/adwent.md) · [Deutsch (de)](https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/advent.md)

**Published:** December 5, 2010 · **Author:** Basia

<!-- related -->
## Related pages

> **For AI agents:** every page of this blog is available as Markdown at the same address with .md instead of the trailing slash (e.g. /tiramisu-cake.md). The links below lead to the HTML pages.

- [Category: Baking & Desserts](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/baking-and-desserts/)
- [Category: Cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/cookies/)
- [Coconut Macaroons](https://flowers-recipes.com/coconut-macaroons/) — Classic coconut macaroons: well loved, simple, quick and absolutely delicious. A must in every holiday kitchen.
- [Butter Cookies Two Ways](https://flowers-recipes.com/butter-cookies-two-ways/) — Butter cookies two ways: simple, delicate and perfect for Christmas.
- [Orange Poppy Seed Bars](https://flowers-recipes.com/orange-poppy-seed-bars/) — Orange poppy seed bars: sweet, tender and fragrant, perfect for Christmas and as a sweet homemade gift.
- [Stollenkonfekt](https://flowers-recipes.com/stollenkonfekt/) — Stollenkonfekt, a tasty mini version of the famous German Stollen. Delicate, aromatic cookies, perfect for Christmas and

## Posts

Today the second week of Advent began, so we're lighting the second candle. Just two more and it's Christmas!

advent

Advent means a time of calm, but also of big preparations and pre-Christmas shopping. It puts us in the holiday mood. In Germany it's also a season of getting together with family and friends, drinking mulled wine at the Christmas markets, kids' carousels, and sometimes baking Advent treats together, which are later given as gifts to loved ones and friends. Baking cookies together is a great excuse to get together. What's also important is that kids can take part too, and they are so happy to roll out, cut out and decorate the cookies, sneaking bites of everything sweet every few minutes when no one's looking.

Advent calendar

And every year during Advent I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, trying out more and more new recipes for little Advent cookies and gingerbread cookies. I shut myself in the kitchen, put on Christmas carols and bake. My older daughter Louisa often helps me, and she loves cutting out and decorating cookies. When everything is ready, I pack the cookies and gingerbread into pretty little bags or boxes and hand them out to friends and neighbors, and the rest I tuck away in decorative metal tins for ourselves.

advent cookies

There are so many recipes for cookies like these, and I never know what to pick! This year I decided on:

[Marzipan Eyes](https://flowers-recipes.com/marzipan-thumbprint-cookies/)

[Orange Spritz Cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/orange-piped-cookies/)

[Almond Linzer Augen Cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/almond-linzer-augen-cookies/)

[Cinnamon Meringues](https://flowers-recipes.com/cinnamon-meringue-cookies/)

and

[Grandma Helga's Advent Cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/grandma-helgas-advent-cookies/)

## Comments (4)

- **Joanna** · 2010
  Thank you for the cookie recipes! I love marzipan and almonds ("migawki" – typo!), so I'll be baking marzipan and almond cookies next weekend. Do you happen to have a good recipe for speculoos?
  - **flowerek (Author)** · 2010 · reply
    I'm glad the recipes caught your interest. Please let me know what you think once you've tried them. I have a recipe for spekulatius, but I haven't tried it yet because I haven't had the time. If you feel like it, I can send it to you to test. Best wishes, and enjoy! Basia
- **Joanna** · 2010
  Sorry, I meant not "migawki" but "migdały" (almonds) (-;
- **Ewa** · 2010
  I'm so happy you're coming for the holidays :)

---

[Recipes A to Z](https://flowers-recipes.com/recipes/) · [Sitemap](https://flowers-recipes.com/sitemap.xml)