One master dough, then buns, braids and Bienenstich
This cookbook was a 1956 wedding gift to my mother. She's gone now — but her recipes aren't. Volume 12 covers the Hefeteigspeisen chapter of Bayerisches Kochbuch. Every recipe starts from one master dough, the way the book lays it out. From there you get Dampfnudeln, filled dumplings, cinnamon snails, sweet pretzels, a braided loaf, Gugelhopf and Bienenstich.
Each recipe has its original German name and number from the book, two headnote paragraphs, a historical note, US measurements with metric equivalents, a step-by-step method and a five-day meal grid built around the dish. Instant PDF download on Etsy. No physical book.
The ten recipes
- Master Yeast Dough (Hefeteig mittelfest)
- Filled Yeast Dumplings (Gefüllte Wuchteln)
- Steamed Sweet Buns (Dampfnudeln)
- Bavarian Cinnamon Snails (Schneckennudeln)
- Yeast Danish Pastries (Hefegolatschen)
- Sweet Yeast Pretzels (Brezeln)
- Simple Braided Yeast Bread (Hefezopf einfach)
- Simple Gugelhopf (Gugelhopf einfach)
- Yeast Apple Cake (Hefeapfelkuchen)
- Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich)
Full recipes, with ingredients, method, historical headnotes and a week-of-meals grid, are in the Yeast Doughs, Vol. 12 PDF on Etsy. Instant PDF download. No physical book.
26th edition · Birken-Verlag, Munich · 1956
Originally given to Erna Paul as a wedding gift.
English edition by E. Paul.
Cover art and first-draft translations were made with AI tools; every recipe was then checked and edited by hand against the original 1956 pages.
