[Magdalen] Christmas Treats.

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

I yearn for ethnic holiday cookies and breads this time of the year.
They were an integral part of the holiday season during my Upper
Midwest USA upbringing, and the special recipes by family and
friends are lost to me for good.
 
Still there are the pleasant memories of them.  Here are some of  them:
 
(1) Fattigman (literally "fat man)," small cookies that were the  specialty
of my godmother, Aunt Gladys.
 
(2) Crumkake; thin, delicate rolled confections.  No one made  them
better than my mother.
 
(3) Sunbakkels: baked in special "sunburst" shaped tins.  Loaded  with
cardamam spice.  Another of my mother's specialties.
 
(4) Pfeffernusse cookies:  a German specialty of a German  neighbor.
 
(5) Julekage:  A sweet holiday bread common to all the  Scandinavian
countries.
 
(6) Date filled cookies.  My mother and Aunt Helen made several
varieties of these.  They weren't ethnic Scandinavian but were  part
of the Christmas scene.
 
(7) Rosettes:  A local woman (Mrs. Chris Thompson) was so good  at
these treats, she made them for the entire village.
 
 
David Strang.