I’ve been in Sweden for the past week, and when I saw how lovely the kitchen was at the cabin I stayed at in Harads I knew I should bake something special. It was -30C (-22F) outside, so I definitely wanted something with warm winter spices. I decided to bake some Swedish gifflar, which are mini cinnamon rolls baked on their sides like crescents. If you’ve been in a Scandinavian supermarket you’ve probably seen bags of gifflar for sale, but oh let me tell you how much more delicious homemade gifflar are! And as a cinnamon roll lover, I especially…
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Continue ReadingSkoleboller, or school buns (also called skolebrød, or school bread) are probably Norway’s most beloved buns, both by Norwegians and international visitors to Norway. Norwegian skoleboller are made with a sweet cardamom dough, filled with vanilla custard in the center, and then coated in icing and dipped in coconut flakes.…
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Continue ReadingToday is Fastelavn in Norway, so of course I had to celebrate by baking some delicious fastelavnsboller. These sweet cardamom buns are traditionally filled with jam and whipped cream. Many Norwegians also like to fill their fastelavnsboller with almond paste (like Swedes do with their semlor), but today I decided…
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Continue ReadingMy friend Lisa and I spent New Year’s in a cute little cabin up in Northern Sweden. And when I woke up on New Year’s Day to -25°C I decided it would be the perfect day to bake some buns! And since I was in Sweden, I knew I wanted…
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Continue ReadingBergen has exploded with color now that the leaves on the trees are changing, and my dog Alfie has been loving rolling through as many leaves as possible on our walks. So of course I had to celebrate autumn in my kitchen as well – this time with some pumpkin…
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Continue ReadingIt’s apple season here in Norway, and when my friend Josephine brought me a sack of apples from Sognefjord I was excited to make a new apple treat: Norwegian twisted cinnamon buns (kanelsnurrer) filled with apple sauce. I developed this recipe based off of my favorite cinnamon bun recipe and…