Dec 18, 2017 | Culture & History, Food
Have you ever wondered what exactly the origins of Christmas cookies are? And perhaps, even more specifically, the traditional Norwegian Christmas cookies? Many of the cookies we bake today weren’t even Christmas cookies originally. By the 19th century, ovens...
Dec 10, 2017 | Culture & History, Food
Continuing my yearly holiday series of Norwegian cookies, I realized I have never shared my recipe for these delightful, two-bite-sized cookies called peppernøtter. Perhaps it’s not a coincidence, as they are a bit anonymous compared to the other famous seven...
Dec 5, 2015 | Culture & History, Food
While I wouldn’t suggest you do this when making the popular Norwegian Christmas cookies “pepperkaker”, the Norwegian word for “ginger bread cookies”, there is a famous “pepperkake” song by famous Norwegian playwright and...
