Chocolate Chip Cookies are one of my family’s favorite cookies. I think this was the first thing I baked with my son. This recipe is from one of my friends when I was an exchange student in the US decades ago. My problem is that some of the ingredients you use in the recipe, were…
Category: Baked goods, sweet & sour
Fluffy Finnish Potato Rolls – Kuohkeat perunasämpylät
I cooked deer stew yesterday and served it with sweet potato-potato mash. Of course, there’s a little bit of leftovers today. It’s not enough to eat with the rest of the stew or cook anything else. The rest of the stew will be mutated today into ragu, which we will eat with pasta. Also, we…
Korvapuusti – Authentic Finnish Cinnamon Buns
What is korvapuusti? Korvapuusti means “slap on the ears” in Finnish. Korvapuusti is a Finnish cinnamon roll shaped like slapped ears. They are sweet enriched dough scented with cardamom, filled with buttery cinnamon sugar, rolled up like cinnamon rolls, cut into triangle shapes, and pressed down in the middle to shape like it is. In…
Paprika Kinkkupiirakka – Finnish savory Paprika and Ham pie
I am going to our neighbor today for a birthday party. I asked what could I bring with me and paprika-ham pie was the wish. Piirakka means pie in Finnish, it does not matter if it is sweet or sour. I think this falls more into the category of quiche, but I will call it…
Maisemakahvilan Raparperipiirakka – Finnish Rhubarb Sheet Pie
Spring is slowly arriving in Austria. Birds are going crazy, and first, wood garlic leaves are poking their heads up from the forest soil. One sure spring sign is that my vegetable Hadler has rhubarb for sale. Today was the day! I managed to get some fresh rhubarb. It’s still grown in the greenhouse, but…
Finnish Bilberry pie in Brioche Dough – mustikkapiirakka pullataikinaan
Bilberries grow wild in Finnish forests. People forage them for their own use every fall. You are either a fan of crispy bilberry crust or brioche (pulla) crust if you live in Finland. This is a forever-ongoing dispute between my father and me. My favorite is cake crust, and he loves pulla. He can’t stand…
Finnish Bilberry Pie With Cardamom Cake Crust – Mustikkapiirakka kardemummalla
This is a straightforward and fast recipe from Finland for bilberries. You can also use blueberries. Cardamon in the cake crust makes this recipe unique. Cardamon and Bilberry work well together. for a round 26-28 cm pie dish 100 g of soft butter or margarine 1 dl of fine sugar 1 tsp of cardamom 2…
Finnish Lihapiirakka (meat pies)
I think every culture has its own form of these meat pies. Rutzas,pierogi, empanadas etc. This is the Finnish version of meat pies. Lihapiirakka is found in all small grills in Finland. Finding your way to the closest grilli after a night out in bars is common in Finland. Lihapiirakka is often the “fast food”…
Ripatella Grape Tart
This fall has been amazing with the fruits! My hubby and his friends took over 500 kg apples and pears for pressing on Friday and we ended up with 365l of apple juice. 150l of it will be made to apple cider. A new project that the men have. Looking forward to seeing and of…
Spuckkuchen – Cherry “spitting” cake
Jippii it is cherry time! I was so happy to be able to pick first juicy cherries. We have three cherry trees in our yard and every year it is the same competition. Me versus starlings! Those little buggers will not eat sour cherries, only the sweet ones! Because the spring was so warm there…
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