Residents share their holiday food traditions

  • Leonila Gill assembles tamales, which she often makes in batches of 12 dozen at Christmastime. MADELEINE MILLER | DISPATCH RECORD
    Leonila Gill assembles tamales, which she often makes in batches of 12 dozen at Christmastime. MADELEINE MILLER | DISPATCH RECORD
  • Renate Wright makes Lebkuchen every Christmas season, a nod to her German heritage. Pictured are her diamond-shaped cookies. MADELEINE MILLER | DISPATCH RECORD
    Renate Wright makes Lebkuchen every Christmas season, a nod to her German heritage. Pictured are her diamond-shaped cookies. MADELEINE MILLER | DISPATCH RECORD
  • Dianne Miller frosts a sugar cookie. COURTESY PHOTO
    Dianne Miller frosts a sugar cookie. COURTESY PHOTO

    Lampasas residents enjoy a variety of holiday food traditions, both sweet and savory. Here, three Lampasas women share how they make their favorite treats.

    LEBKUCHEN

    Renate Wright grew up near Heidelberg, Germany, and she prepares a mix of German and American foods for her family’s Christmas celebrations.

    Each year, she makes Lebkuchen, a traditional German cookie similar to gingerbread, but slightly…