Receta Zimtsterne (German Cinnamon Star Cookies)

It’s that time of year to roll up your sleeves and get ready to fill your kitchen and home with the aroma of Christmas The smell of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, fennel seed and star anise are what remind me most of Christmas because they are the smells, along with staple ingredients like nuts and butter, that I grew up with in my home of southern Germany.  And those traditional German baked goodies are the ones I’m forever biased towards come Today I have another traditional German cookie to add to your repertoire of holiday baking:  Zimtsterne.  Have you tried these before?  You can find them in any grocery store and Christmas market throughout Germany as well as in Austria and Switzerland. Christmas simply isn’t…