Its Almost Oktoberfest Season! Oktoberfest season is almost here! Visit our special Oktobefest section to find your local Oktoberfest celebrations, get ideas for creating your own Oktoberfest party, learn Oktoberfest lingo, get Oktoberfest recipes, plus much more!     The Holidays will be here soon! Another year is going by quickly and before you know it, the holiday season will be here again. Check out our holiday pages for great ideas, recipes, and information.  Check back again soon for our daily holiday spotlights to learn about special holiday foods.     Find German Food Near You Search our directory of German restaurants, delicatessens, Biergartens, bakeries, and markets. Start here by selecting your state Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon   Get to Know German Food Holiday Spotlight: Vanillekipferl The Vanillekipferl cookie is classic Christmas cookie not just in Germany but in Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic as well. It is a crescent-shaped cookie, shaped by hand, with an intense vanilla flavor. Once baked and still warm, Vanillekipferl are coated in powdered sugar and/or vanilla sugar. Vanillekipferl are made from a short dough (a dough that is either rolled out or shaped by hand). The base ingredients are butter, flour, sugar, and of course vanillla. Some recipes also call for ground nuts, such as almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts. Adding nuts to the recipe not only changes the flavor, it also changes the cookie's texture -- nuts keep the cookies moist longer because of their high fat content.

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