Sandbakelse facts for kids
Sandbakelse and their tins
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| Alternative names | Sandbakkels, sandkaker |
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| Type | Sugar cookie |
| Place of origin | Norway |
| Main ingredients | Flour, butter, sugar, and finely chopped almonds |
Sandbakelse (pronounced Sand-bah-KEL-seh) are a special kind of cookie. They are also known as Sandbakkels or Sandkaker. These tasty treats come from Nordic countries like Norway. Many families enjoy making them, especially around Christmas time. They are a beloved holiday tradition.
What Are Sandbakelse Made Of?
Sandbakelse are made with simple, yummy ingredients. They include flour, ground almonds, and rich butter. You also need eggs, sugar, and almond extract. Sometimes, people add a touch of vanilla. Very rarely, they might even use cardamom spice.
How Are Sandbakelse Made?
Making Sandbakelse is a fun activity for families. First, all the ingredients are mixed together to make a dough. This dough needs to be cooled down. Once it's cool, the dough is pressed into special fluted tins. These tins give the cookies their unique shape. Even young children, like two or three-year-olds, can help with this part. It's often their first baking experience!
After the cookies are shaped in their tins, they bake in the oven for about ten minutes. When they come out, the tins are very hot. So, an adult should carefully pop the warm cookies out of the tins.
A Bit of Sandbakelse History
The first recipe for Sandbakelse appeared in a Norwegian cookbook in 1845. However, these cookies did not become widely popular right away. They became more common later in the 1800s.
Sandbakelse became popular later than another similar cookie called krumkake. This was because Sandbakelse needed very fine flour. Fine flour was not easy to find everywhere back then. As flour became more available, Sandbakelse grew in popularity.
Many people from Norway moved to other countries, especially to America. These emigrants took their special cookie tins and recipes with them. Today, Sandbakelse are still a cherished "old-country" Christmas tradition for many Norwegian-American families.
