Lisa from Paris, Kentucky, grew up eating a German Christmas cookie at a friend’s house in Miami, Florida. This deep-fried, bow-tie-shaped pastry was made with butter, lemon, and rum, and dusted with powdered sugar. The family called them Hobelspäne (or Hobelspan in the singular). Hobelspäne translates directly as “wood shavings” or “planing chips,” after the […]