Christmas Cookies

Traditional Christmas cakes from Norway called Fattigmann, Smultring, Krumkake, Kransekake and Tjukklefse. Traditional Christmas Cakes from Sweden called Lussebulle, Havreflarn and Rullrån. Traditional Christmas Cake from Romania called Gogosi. This mixed with a few non-traditional variatons of American Chocolate Chip Cookies. You can find all the receipts here on my blog so just click on the link under the picture and explore the Cookie world!

Gogosi – Romanian traditional Christmas cake which is a variation of doughnuts

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/12/gogosi-romanian-style-doughnut.html

Chocolate Chip cookies with oatmeal and banana

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/07/banana-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-breakfast.html

Havreflarn - Traditional Swedish Christmas cookies  with oatmeal

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/12/havreflarn.html

Kransekakebiter - Almond Cookies made of Kransekake dough, traditional festive cake in Norway

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/12/mandelkaker.html

And here is the link to the traditional Kransekake - Norwegian Festive Cake

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/10/norwegian-kransekake.html

Smultringer- Norwegian traditional doughnuts

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/12/smultringer.html

Fattigman- Norwegian traditional Christmas cookie

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/12/fattigmann.html

Krumkake – A traditional Norwegian cookie  and called Rullrån in Swedish.

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/10/norwegain-krumkaker.html

Pepperkake- traditional Norwegian and Swedish Gingerbread cookies

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/12/gingerbread-cookies.html

Lussebulle- traditional Swedish Lucia Roll with Saffron

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2012/12/st-lucia-saffron-rolls.html

Tjukklefse – A traditional Norwegian cake

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/10/norwegian-lefse-tjukklefse.html

Chocolate Chip Cookies with chickpeas

http://ohemmabjorg.blogspot.se/2013/07/chocolate-chip-cookies-med-kikarter-och.html

Gogosi - Romanian style doughnut

Gogosi is made in Romania for Christmas, Easter and special holidays.

Ingredients

2 eggs

2 tablespoons butter, melted

1/3 cup sugar + 1 teaspoon

Zest of one lemon

For frying

3 cups of oil for frying

For decorations

2 cups of icing sugar (to dust doughnuts)

Vanilla sugar

Directions:

Mix the yeast, warm milk, one teaspoon of sugar, and one teaspoon of flour in a small bowl and set aside to activate for 5 minutes.

In a large bowl, combine eggs, the remaining sugar, lemon zest, and melted butter.

Add yeast mixture and slowly incorporate the flour, until the dough is well combined.

Gently flour your workspace, and knead your dough. Place the dough in a clean bowl, cover with a tea towel, and allow it to rest for 20 minutes.

Once the dough is rested, separate it into four sections in order to make it easier to work with and roll the dough out about ¼ inch thick.

Use a medium-diameter glass to cut out circles, or another cake cutter.

Heat about 4 cups of oil (about 3” deep) in a large pan to ~350 (F) degrees.

While the oil is heating, combine vanilla sugar, and powdered sugar in a separate bowl (this is for sprinkling your doughnuts).

Place a few doughnuts in at a time, allowing them to fry for about a minute on each side. Once the doughnuts are golden brown, remove and place them on paper towel lined tray.

 

Allow the doughnuts to cool down for a couple of minutes, and you can either roll them in icing sugar, or use a sieve to sprinkle them lightly before serving.