Historical past

Vanillakipferls are recognized to be a typical Viennese custom, having been invented by a gifted baker in Vienna some ~400 years again.

Apparently, after the Ottoman Turks had sieged Vienna within the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the folks in Vienna got here up with the Vanillekipferl to have fun the victory over the Turks.

Kipferl is the Austrian-German phrase for “moon/crescent-shaped” The moon form was impressed by the Muslim/Turkish banner, which even right this moment exhibits a moon.

To commemorate the siege, bakers in Vienna shaped the cookies right into a crescent moon form.

Enjoyable reality: In Austria, there are different pastries as properly which are additionally referred to as Kipferl, together with croissants and stuffed pastries.

The Turks introduced again sweets in a moon form and in addition vanilla beans and even espresso (which have been utterly unknown to the Europeans on the time).

Due to the failed Turk invasions, Vienna become one massive Espresso home heaven with all of the well-known truffles and low variations such because the Melange.

A Vanillekipferl is a should with freshly brewed espresso.