I have always loved to bake, especially cookies!
I learned how to bake from watching my mom who is a wonderful cookie maker.
My mom had a wonderful teacher too - my Grandma.
For my 18th birthday, Grandma asked me if I was interested in anything of hers -
this is what I chose.
To me, the best part of this book is her handwriting on the inside front cover.
Oh, and the butter stains on the pages of our favorite tried and true recipes.
When I got married in 1990, I took over the Christmas cookie baking for our family. It's a tradition that's important to me and one I hope my girls will carry on too.
We're Norwegian, so we always have the traditional Scandinavian cookies at Christmas that my parents had growing up. Our must haves are: lefse, krumkake, fattigmand, spritz, Swedish cream wafers, and sometimes kransekake.
My hubby says it wouldn't be Christmas if he didn't have fattigmand,
so that's what I made today.
It's rolled out thin like a pie crust and then you cut it in diamond shapes
To cook, fry 'em in hot oil turning to brown evenly on both sides.
7 comments:
This is mouthwatering mmmmm I can almost smell them! What a fun tradition! These kind of traditions makes this time of the year even more special! Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing a piece of your family tradition. Looks wonderful. My great grandpa was from Norway - I've always wanted to Norwegian foods around Christmas time to honor that part of our heritage but it's hard to start new things. I have a krumkake maker, maybe I'll start with that and we love lefse.
Oh how I would love to try those cookies! They look so yummy!
What wonderful traditions.
bunny kisses,
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Oh, that book takes me back. My mom got it as a wedding gift back in 75. Every time I saw her get it out, I knew we were in for a treat.
I have that same cook book! I love it! My favorite recipe is the Molasses crinkles...yum!
Yum!!! What a wonderful tradition to carry on.. these look fabulous!!! Thanks for sharing!!
What a lovely book and sweet memories! Thanks for showing me how to work that thing, LOL! I've always wondered what that kitchen gadget did! :)
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