The sun has finally started to return to Northern Norway after a long polar night when the sun didn’t rise at all, and after four years living in the North I know exactly how Northerners are celebrating – with solboller! Interestingly, Northern Norwegian solboller, or sun buns, are different from…
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Continue ReadingI was in Røros this week with my dog Alfie, and wow, what a beautiful winter wonderland Røros is. I loved walking through the snow covered streets and peering into all the shop windows. But since I had Alfie with me, I couldn’t actually go into any of them, which…
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Continue ReadingWednesday is St. Lucia Day, which means I spent my Sunday baking lussekatter, or Swedish saffron buns! Norwegians and Swedes traditionally bake these fluffy Santa Lucia buns for Saint Lucia’s Day, but they are delicious year round. And wow, they make my home smell so good. St. Lucia saffron buns…
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Continue ReadingSt. Lucia Day is this week, which means it’s time to bake some lussekatter, or Swedish saffron buns! Norwegians and Swedes traditionally bake these fluffy Santa Lucia buns for Saint Lucia’s Day on December 13th, but they are delicious year round. St. Lucia saffron buns are called lussekatter, or “Lucia’s…
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Continue ReadingWhile I love most cookies, cakes, and sweet buns, I’ve never been a big fan of donuts. However I’ve always had one exception: smultringer. Smultringer are traditional Norwegian donuts spiced with cardamom. I don’t know if it’s the cardamom or their being homemade, but I have always loved smultringer. They’re…
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Continue ReadingFattigmann, or “poor man’s cookies,” are some of the most nostalgic Norwegian Christmas cookies for me. When I ate the first fattigmann of this batch it instantly felt like Christmas (it also helps that it snowed in Bergen last night!). Fattigmann are made from a simple cookie dough spiced with cardamom,…
