Hobby baker from Möhringen: On the Internet he shares his baking tips with thousands – Möhringen

Baked cookies, stollen and other Christmas delicacies, the scent of cinnamon, vanilla and orange peel, for many this is simply part of Advent. This is also the case with Andrea Böhm-Sturm. Although: actually, this year is long gone. The Möhringen native got carried away with 35 types of biscuits, she made several types of stollen, and these days a friend is arriving with whom she says she wants to make “some” Linzer cake. “I cook every day,” says the 59-year-old. Two weeks before the first Advent, the food processor started spinning in its Christmas bakery. Family, friends, but also the postman or their children’s former doctor are fed. “So many loved ones, there’s nothing left,” he laughs.

Kneading, mixing and spreading is pure relaxation for her. She got it from her grandmother: “She always had cakes, usually a large selection.” What struck her granddaughter right from the start: Grandma always cooked without a model and without flakes. When it comes to Andrea Böhm-Sturm, yeasted casings, cakes or braids must be made in the traditional Swabian way. “I can’t identify with much of the new, with melting and colorful,” she says. So a few years ago she decided to collect – and share – family recipes.

On his blog www.dreabacktdasschon.de and in the Facebook group of the same name, you’ll find recipes for gingerbread, vanilla crescents, Elisen gingerbread, and coconut macaroons, as well as your own creations. The Facebook group alone has 2100 members, an earlier version even had 8000. In order to answer all questions, such as intolerances or recipe changes, Andrea Böhm-Sturm had to involve moderators and administrators. “During the cooking period it’s a full-time job,” she says. The Möhringen babysitter knows that many families cook less and less. Also often there are no grandmothers to ask. “I’m happy when it’s cooked again,” she says.

Many of her recipes can be found online