It’s Santa Lucia Day, a part of the Swedish tradition in the run up to Christmas. Apparently it’s called Saint Lucy’s Day in the US, but I haven’t heard it called that much. Anyway, part of the tradition for this day is making of these Saffron rolls, shaped like an S. They are lovely, not too sweet and have a great cardamom and saffron flavor. Quite easy to make and lovely served just out of the oven for breakfast or with afternoon coffee/tea.
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December 2020
Every year when I make my Christmas Cookies, I try out one or two new recipes. Or new-to-me recipes. Some are traditional cookies, some are modern cookies. One of the two new types that I made this year are these: Speculaas (Dutch) aka Spekulatius (German). They are a traditional Dutch spice cookie, usually rolled very thin and then imprinted with a design. While I have a few imprinting rolling pins, my dough wasn’t cooperating particularly, so instead of the imprinting pin, I went with a Christmas-y cookie stamp. All the same in the end. These cookies are very nice, a lovely traditional spice and will definitely stay in the cookie madness repertoire.