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Swedish mulled wine and saffron cake - glögg och saffranskaka

Swedish saffron cookies

Swedish Saffron balls

Saffron and white chocolate cake

Swedish mulled wine and saffron cake - glögg och saffranskaka

Preparation : 00:15

Cooking : 00:30

Recipe description :
This Swedish homemade cake is prepared with saffron and a Swedish version of mulled wine. The time leading up to Christmas in Sweden, starts the 1th of Advent, comes with cakes made with saffron and hot mulled wine. This cake is a combination of them both and will be a hit at your “glögg parties”.

Swedish saffron cookies

Preparation : 00:15

Cooking : 00:15

Recipe description :
In Sweden most people associate the coffee bread"fikabröd" made with saffron to the time right before Christmas. This is a recipe for cookies made with saffron and can be prepared long in advanced, so you don’t need to stress the same day you want to serve them.

Swedish Saffron balls

Preparation : 00:10

Cooking : 00:00

Recipe description :
In Sweden it is common to bake cakes and buns with saffron between the first Sunday of advent and Christmas. The cakes and buns are served as Swedish fika often together with coffee or tea. This is traditional chocolate balls but made with saffron instead.

Saffron and white chocolate cake

Preparation : 00:05

Cooking : 00:25

Recipe description :
This is a saffron version of the very popular Swedish chocolate mud cake called “kladdkaka”. This one is a gluten free version made with almond flour and white chocolate. It is prepared in a few minutes and is perfect for a spontaneous dessert. If you want a sauce on the side whip cream fits nicely together with the cake.

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Bredele - Alsatian Christmas cookies

Brededel - Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of shape and taste, depending of family traditions. Here you have a small selection.

Bredele with coconut and chocolate (Alsatian Christmas cookie)

Uploaded on : 2015-Oct-20

Bredele- Alsatian Christmas cookies can be found in many variations of both the shape and taste. Most of them are made with baking powder, egg, flour and sugar as a base. Even though this version it is made with both coconut and chocolate it is not too sweet.

Bredele snowballs

Uploaded on : 2015-Nov-03

These bredele have only one thing in common with snowballs and that is the shape. These are traditional Alsatian Christmas bredel. You can find over hundred different variations of bredele cookies, and every family has their own preferences.

Bredele with Pumpkinseeds

Uploaded on : 2015-Dec-04

This version of the Christmas cookies bredele is a bit different than the most common ones that you will find in the region Alsace in France during Christmas time. Every family have their own tradition of which cookies are to be consider as classical for them. These pumpkinseed cookies can be made six to eight weeks before Christmas. This way they can be kept in a tin box, to let them get the right consistence before they will be eaten.

Bredele mini linzer

Uploaded on : 2015-Nov-16

Christmas cookies from Alsace in France filled with raspberry jam. These linzer cookies are mini versions of the big linzertorte, as you use the same ingredients for both. The cookies have a sweet raspberry jam in between the thin and tender cookies.

Bredele with hazelnuts

Uploaded on : 2015-Nov-06

This is a homemade recipe of the classical Alsatian Christmas cookies bredele with hazelnuts. They are so easy and delicious, so it is almost impossible not to prepare twice as many the next time you make them. You can make them in any shape you like but the flat round ones are the typical way to make them.

Bredele Cinnamon star (Alsatian Christmas cookie)

Uploaded on : 2015-Oct-06

This is a homemade recipe of one of the traditional Alsatian Christmas cookies bredele. It is a hard cookie with taste of cinnamon and covered with a meringue frosting. The Bredele cookies comes in many different flavors and shapes such as hearts, stars, moons or Christmas trees and etc.

Spritz bredele

Uploaded on : 2016-Dec-07

You will recognize these Alsatian Christmas cookies by their special shape, and can often find them dipped in chocolate, or soaked in coffee. This is the original recipe of one of many popular small Christmas cookies called bredele.

Sand bredele

Uploaded on : 2016-Nov-13

This is one of the classic Alsatian Christmas cookies called sand bredele. They are named sand bredele because it feels like soft sand when you prepare the dough. It is common to change the taste by adding vanilla, rum, orange, citron, cinnamon or ginger, and you will find them in many different shapes as well.

Bredele with coconut (Alsatian Christmas cookie)

Uploaded on : 2015-Oct-18

Homemade typical Alsatian Christmas cookie with an exotic taste of coconut. This is a soft cookie with a chewy inside. This sweet cookie will be a big hit for both adults and children.

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Cinnamon snowball bredele

Uploaded on : 2019-Dec-11

Homemade small cinnamon French Christmas cookies from the region Alsace. Slightly soft cookies with a chewy inside. These cookies are made according to the vanilla snowball bredele recipe, but I added cinnamon powder. To get different flavors you can change the cinnamon powder to gingerbread spices, cardamom and so on. Good luck and happy baking.

Santa Claus bredele

Uploaded on : 2019-Dec-09

Homemade French Christmas cookies shaped as the face of Santa Claus. Fun to make together with the children but it requires some patients for the decorations. But in the end, it is all worth it when you see the smile of the children and adults when you finally serve them.

Gingerbread bredele

Uploaded on : 2019-Dec-03

Homemade Christmas gingerbread cookies from the region Alsace in France. If you always thought it is complicated to bake your own gingerbread cookies for Christmas, try this recipe and you will continue to make them year after year.

Christmas Chocolate bredele

Uploaded on : 2019-Nov-25

Alsatian Christmas cookies (bredele) comes in many variations of shapes and flavors. Every family bake their own cookies and have their own traditions when it comes to these small treats. These chocolate snowballs are crispy on the outside but soft on the inside. I recommend preparing several batches with different chocolate each time, this way they will last longer.

Vanilla and chocolate bredele

Uploaded on : 2019-Nov-20

These homemade Alsatian Christmas cookies are fun to make with the kids. Everyone can make the cookies in the size and shape they prefer. To make them even more different from each other you can use more than one sort of chocolate to dip them in.

Chocolate cheesecake

Uploaded on : 2019-Nov-15

If you love cheesecake and chocolate, this is the perfect dessert for you. This is a creamy cheeseckae that will melt in your mouth that makes your guests want to have another bite. Good luck to keep a piece till the next day.