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Christmas Cookies
Last Christmas I made 24 different kinds of cookies and altogether I made 1298 cookies. Even though I was very happy with my 2013 Christmas Cookie Outcome I think there is always room for improvement. This year I really hope that I am able to share some of my favorite Christmas cookies with you. Last year I was disappointed with myself that I just shared a few Christmas recipes. I am a perfectionist and most of the time I am not happy with the result of the photos that I take and then I am not sharing them on the blog. I try to get better at this. This afternoon I will make German speculoos cookies and I will post the recipe sometime next week.
In the meantime I put together a few of my favorite Christmas recipes from the previous years:
I have never spent a Christmas without Swedish gingersnap cookies. My recipe is one of my absolute favorite post on my blog. It is a recipe from my grandfather.
Mjuk Pepparkaka
Swedish Christmas Spice Cake is another family recipe which is from my mom. My family and I eat this cake every Christmas season.
Saffron Raisin Brioche
I love brioche and I made my version of brioche for the Christmas season.
Ischler Cookies
It takes a little bit of time to make these cookies but Ischler cookies are very very delicious.
Lussekatter
In Scandinavia Santa Lucia is celebrated on December 13th and on this day lussekatter - it is a sweet saffron bun - are eaten. I love these sweet saffron buns and I have many childhood Santa Lucia memories.
I wish you a wonderful month of December. And happy holiday baking sesaon!
The building in the photo is the National Library of Austria in Vienna. I took this photo a few years ago while I lived in this city. I spent a lot of time in the library and one winter morning there was a heavy snowstorm. It was such a beautiful winter morning and I decided to go for a stroll in order to enjoy this winter wonderland before spending the day at the library.