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Bread & buns

Damper

By Sidsel
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Oct 15, 2014
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Baked goods, Bread & buns, Campfire friendly, Food history, Recipes

A damper is an Austrian bread type that as far as I know has its origin in the colony era. It is a very quick bread. You just throw the ingredients together and then bake it right away.

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Leve

By Sidsel
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Jun 30, 2014
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Bread & buns, Campfire friendly, Food history, Recipes, Viking

From historical sources we know that these viking flatbread were called leve which literally means living.

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Bone shaped bread sticks

By Sidsel
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Oct 23, 2013
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Baked goods, Bread & buns, Dinner, Halloween, Holidays, Meals, Recipes

We made these for Halloween last year, but we have also made them as bread sticks since and they are yummy! It is my experience that the bread sticks are more bread-ish than crisp but they are really nice with dinner or as a pre-dinner snack Keep Reading

Spider muffins

By Sidsel
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Oct 21, 2013
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Baked goods, Bread & buns, Cakes, Halloween, Holidays, Recipes

For years by sister and I has hosted Halloween parties for a group of friends. I love to cook for people so I tend to bake party snacks. Among those are these scary spider muffins. They are muffins with raisins, nuts and apples made to look like spiders by adding licorice strings as legs. They only take half an hour to make and they are yummy. I like the mix of soft and crunchy bits that the apples and nut bits provide. Keep Reading

Two scones on a plate. One is broken open, ready for eating

Classic British scones

By Sidsel
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Apr 01, 2013
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Baked goods, Bread & buns, Recipes

Quick and easy to make scones that tend to work out wonderfully every time. They take about 15-20 minutes to make including everything, so you can make them when someone pops over with a short notice.

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Best birthday buns ever

By Sidsel
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Feb 09, 2013
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Baked goods, Bread & buns, Recipes

Fødselsdagsboller

No kidding – these are the best birthday buns I have ever made, so give them a try. You can ice them with a mix of icing sugar and water and dip them in coconut flakes. If you do not frost them, you cut them and eat them with butter, cheese or jam.

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Custard filled buns for Carneval

By Sidsel
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Feb 09, 2013
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Baked goods, Bread & buns, Holidays, Other holydays, Recipes

Fastelavnsboller

Fastelavnsboller are traditional buns that are baked for Shrovetide/carnival or “fastelavn” as it is called in Danish. They are supposed to be the part of the big party before lend. Even though nobody upholds lend anymore these buns are widely available in stores and are baked and eaten in February. It is a soft bun filled with custard.

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