These red and green-sprinkled cookies look like they came straight from Candy Land, and will add a splash of holiday color to your table! If you’re looking for a cookie with plenty of eye appeal, then these will be the star of your giveaway cookie trays. Holiday sprinkles practically glow on these dark chocolate morsels! […]
Tag: Christmas
Christmas bake for family gathering
4 types of bread baked for Christmas lunch bottom left is a Potato and Rosemarie s/d with white flour bottom centre is a 1kg brioche plait white flour bottom right is a multigrain using London Porter as the liquid content top is two curved epis with black spanish olives and fennell seeds flours used were […]
Old Danish Christmas Kringle (Dansk Smørkringle)
This was my first time making kringle. The recipe I bookmarked included a headnote explaining how it symbolizes Danish hygge – the comfortable, good life. This intrigued me. Doesn’t everyone want to taste the comfortable, good life? (Yes!) The recipe was spare with instruction and offered no step pictures, so I almost didn’t make it. […]
Meringue Christmas Wreath Cake | Sprinkle Bakes
When the weather is cold and dry and my hair has enough static electricity to stand on end, I know it’s the perfect low-humidity day for making meringues. It’s not hard to whip up a big batch, and I’d been dreaming of pink, green and red cookies for a few days. I piped them in […]
Peppermint Christmas Gnome Cupcakes | Sprinkle Bak…
I was inspired to make these funny guys after reading about nisse (or tomtar) from Scandinavian folklore. These little fabled creatures have long white beards and pointed caps, and they are associated with winter and Christmastime. In older versions of lore most nisse are benevolent, but if they are mistreated then trouble is not far […]
Norwegian Christmas Bread (Julekage) | Sprinkle Ba…
If there were ever an opportune time to make this bread, it is now. First of all – it’s Christmastime! And this bread was named for the season by our Scandinavian neighbors. I’ve been told that Norwegians cannot imagine a Christmas season without Julekage. (Is this true?) Second, at the end of the baking day […]