Usually decorated with icing, but at my Mum’s cousin’s funeral – she got the idea to do them with coarse salt. Insanely yummy.
Tag: christmas
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Gingerbread cookies
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Quotation Monday #89: Green Christmases
I don’t like green Christmases. They’re not green—they’re just nasty faded browns and grays.
L. M. Montgomery
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Previous years’ Christmas recipes
I’m baking this year as well, but here is a look back to previous Decembers.
French Christmas Sablés (I admit I had my concerns of the flavour, but they grew on me as I ate. When I had guests, these biscuits disappeared very quickly.)
Jewish cakes (Always a big hit)
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Video: Swedish Christmas song
Jussi Björling’s Swedish version of O Holy Night. -
3rd Sunday of Advent
Three candles are lit. One more Sunday before Christmas.
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Lussekatter
It’s December 13, or Saint Lucia’s day today. What better day to make Lucia buns? The recipe has been translated and adapted from this one.Ingredients
50 g yeast
500 ml milk
150 g butter
250 g quark cheese
2 dl sugar
0.5 g saffron
0.5 tsp turmeric
1.6 liter all purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
raisins
1 egg
1 tbsp milk for brushing before baking -
Video: Traditional Norwegian Christmas song
The text mentions lighting a thousand Christmas candles. In Norwegian the words lys (light) & hus (house) can be replaced somewhat in lyrics like these for rhyming purposes, resulting in funny songs around the Christmas table. Or that might just be my family.
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Gingerbread
Pulling out all the cookie cutters. What does the fox say?
