[Magdalen] Christmas Treats.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

When my sweetie makes Pfeffernuesse, they are amaaazing. Storebought?
Fergit it!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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.
>