{"id":7919,"date":"2019-12-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=7919"},"modified":"2019-12-13T01:18:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T00:18:09","slug":"friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Finds &#8211; Norwegian Christmas cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Friday finds are links to the cookies that were made in my family for Christmas<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We are not in genealogy mood right now are we? Our family is using the time to gear up for Christmas so I decided to use this weeks Friday finds to share some recipes for Norwegian Christmas cookies. It was said that there should be seven different types of Christmas cookies baked. Every family had their own list of seven. We didn&#8217;t necessarily make 7 different.<\/p>\n<p>You might want to add\u00a0 a little extra &#8220;Norwegian flavour&#8221; to your Christmas celebration<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/christmas-4635228_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-4635228_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas-4635228_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-4635228_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7922 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-4635228_640.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-4635228_640.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-4635228_640.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-4635228_640.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This looks like the recipe we used to make Kakemenn &#8211; &#8220;Cakemen,&#8221; However our cookie cutters made men, women, stars, hearts, and a Christmas tree. We used to paint them with food color instead of icing. Find <a href=\"https:\/\/houseoftreats.org\/christmas-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mom&#8217;s Norwegian Christmas cookies<\/a> at\u00a0<strong>The House of treats.\u00a0<\/strong>Some makes these with a gingerbread dough.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Serinakaker<\/strong> is one of the cookies my mother always made for Christmas. It sometimes can get a little dry and messy to eat, but are still very good. Find the recipe in the <a href=\"https:\/\/northwildkitchen.com\/serinakaker-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Wild Kitchen<\/a> by <strong>Nevada Berg<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Sirupsnipper <\/strong>was always on the list of seven. These needs to be monitored closely while in the owen. They can easily get very hard. Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/londoneats.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/09\/3-sirupsnipper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sirupsnipper<\/a> by <strong>Russell<\/strong> at <strong>the blog LondonEats<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/christmas-food-as-a-genealogical-clue\/krumkaker-eli-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Krumkaker-Eli.jpg?fit=677%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"677,507\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Krumkaker Eli\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Krumkaker-Eli.jpg?fit=677%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7224 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Krumkaker-Eli-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Krumkaker-Eli.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Krumkaker-Eli.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Krumkaker-Eli.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No Christmas without <strong>Krumkaker.\u00a0<\/strong>Either rolled with a pin or formed over a small bowl or cup. These are really good with icecream or Cloudberry whipped cream. <strong>Whithey<\/strong> is an American living in Norway. She hosts the food blog <strong>Thanks for the food,\u00a0<\/strong>where you among other things find the recipe for <a href=\"http:\/\/thanksforthefood.com\/krumkaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Krumkaker<\/a>. I remember that my friend had a cat that loved Krumkaker. It didn&#8217;t matter if we made a mess when we ate it. The cat was always under the table and cleaned up ater us.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/320px-bage_klejner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/320px-Bage_klejner.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"320px-Bage_klejner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Christina Rejkj\u00e6r [&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0&quot;&gt;CC BY-SA 2.0&lt;\/a&gt;], &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bage_klejner.jpg&quot;&gt;via Wikimedia Commons&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/320px-Bage_klejner.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7923 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/320px-Bage_klejner.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/320px-Bage_klejner.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/320px-Bage_klejner.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fattigmann\u00a0<\/strong>was also a standard on the repertoire. The name means &#8220;Poor man&#8221;, however, the ingredients are in no way cheap. This recipe contains a little Cognac or brandy. My grandmother never used this and the cakes still tasted good.\u00a0 You find the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outside-oslo.com\/norwegian-christmas-cookies-fattigmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fattigman recipe\u00a0<\/a> in the blog\u00a0<strong>Outside Oslo\u00a0<\/strong>by <strong>Daytona Strong.\u00a0<\/strong>(Picture Christina Rejkj\u00e6r [<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bage_klejner.jpg\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My Grandmother always made Hjortetakk for Christmas. These are sometimes mistaken for Doughnuts but even though they are also deep fried in oil, the recipe is different. Hjortetakk and milk was a great mix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofn.com\/norwegian_culture\/recipe_box\/baked_goods_breads_and_desserts\/deer_antlers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hjortetakk \u2013 &#8220;Deer Antlers&#8221;<\/a> from the <strong>Sons of Norway<\/strong> website.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7924\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/kransekake\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kransekake-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C886&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,886\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kransekake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kransekake-scaled.jpg?fit=800%2C692&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7924 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kransekake.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kransekake-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kransekake-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kransekake-scaled.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The centerpiece on the Christmas coffee table is the Kransekake. This cake made from fine ground almonds have always been one of my favourite. I must admit that we buy these now, but I can vividly remember my mother making these and sometimes struggle to get them out of the molds. Some sort of &#8220;non stick&#8221; spray is highly recommendable. You can also make this by rolling\u00a0 the dough into tubes and form the rings this way. Actually you can form them\u00a0 into whatever shape you want. They tastes the same. Find\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.passionforbaking.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/04\/norwegian-kransekake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NORWEGIAN KRANSEKAKE<\/a> in the blog <strong>Passion for baking\u00a0<\/strong>by <strong>Manuela Kjeilen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And yes, there are many I haven&#8217;t metioned: Sandkaker, Vannbakels, Goro and Lefse. We all have our favourits.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a bonus recipe that my wife has started to bake the last years. <a href=\"https:\/\/northwildkitchen.com\/brune-pinner-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brune pinner &#8211; &#8220;Brown sticks&#8221;.<\/a> Again we visits the <strong>North Wild Kitchen<\/strong> by <strong>Nevada Berg.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Friday finds are links to the cookies that were made in my family for Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-friday-finds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friday Finds - Norwegian Christmas cookies - Norwegian Genealogy and then some<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday Finds - Norwegian Christmas cookies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week&#8217;s Friday finds are links to the cookies that were made in my family for Christmas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Norwegian Genealogy and then some\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MartinRoeEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MartinRoeEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-13T08:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/christmas-1070483_640.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"413\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Martin Roe Eidhammer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MEidhammer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Roe Eidhammer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/martinroe.com\\\/blog\\\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/martinroe.com\\\/blog\\\/friday-finds-norwegian-christmas-cookies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Martin Roe Eidhammer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/martinroe.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c88ba0bf75121593e21bc58cfda26790\"},\"headline\":\"Friday Finds &#8211; 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