American Baker in Germany

 These cookies taste like rainbows! Okay, they taste like vanilla cookie cutouts, but they look like rainbows! :D Rainbow Cookies: 3 cups (375g) flour 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup (250g) butter 1 cup (200g) sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar rainbow food coloring Cream butter. Cream in sugar, egg and vanilla.  Add dry ingredients. Knead briefly to bring dough together.  Separate dough into six bowls, with there being more dough in each succeeding bowl. I did this by using a teaspoon and putting one spoonful in the first bowl, two in the second, etc. until you put 6 in the sixth bowl. Do this twice and split the rest of the dough evenly.  Color the bowl with the least amount of dough purple, the second blue, the third green, the fourth yellow, the fifth orange and the largest red.  Take the purple dough and roll it into a fairly thin snake.  Place it on a plate or platter and place it in the freezer for 10 minutes....

 This is an American recipe for raspberry streusel bars.  Raspberry Streusel Bars: Crust: 1/2 cup (125g) melted butter 1/4 cup (50g) sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 tbsp vanilla sugar dash salt 1 cup (125g) flour Filling: 3/4 cup (240g) raspberry jam 1 cup (120g) fresh raspberries Streusel: 1/2 cup (45g) oats 1/3 cup (70g) brown sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup (30g) flour 1/4 cup (60g) cold butter Preheat the oven to 300°F or 150°C. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.  To make the crust, combine flour, salt and sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in vanilla and melted butter. Knead if necessary. Mixture should be a thick dough.  Press into the bottom of the prepared baking pan. Bake for about 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Turn up oven to 350°F or 180°C.  Spoon raspberry jam over the crust. Place fresh raspberries on top.  In a mixing bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and flour. Cut in the butter until mixture resembles coarse ...