Studentskor

First off, sorry for the late update - I'll excuse myself by saying it was the holidays, and I've been busy.

Anyway.

Today I'm making something I found online, and which turned into my own bastardised version of a classic Swedish pastry (which, until I stumbled on it, I had never heard of before). They're called "Studentskor", which translates into "female students", in the context of university students.

Homemade Snickers

I remember being eleven years old, visiting a classmate's house. I don't remember clearly what we did all day (except that they might have tried to force make-up on me - clearly a fool's errand), but I do remember the snow falling outside in big, fluffy handfulls, and the warm light in their kitchen.

But most of all, I remember the drop-dead delicious homemade snickers her mother made for us. I've been craving them ever since, but I couldn't remember how they were made. My life was a desert empty of homegrown, stick-to-your-ribs snickers until I realised that we live in the information age, and everything I need to know, I can learn from Google.

A few minutes of googling later, I had my recipe, and was well on my way to making snickers.

Brownies

Welcome back to the world of baking-misadventures! This week, we're making brownies.

Swiss Rolls

Here is the first entry in my kitchenside adventures! ... And already a day late, so we're off to a great start, aren't we?

Sunday the 27th was Advent Sunday, and the first candle was lit, it was time for a family "fika" (a concept so utterly Swedish, it has its own Wikipedia-entry, to explain it to you crazy foreginers) - and not content with eating only store-bought ginger biscuits with my glögg, I decided to go ahead and bake Swiss Rolls.

Because why take the easy way out? It's not like there's a million things that could go wrong.

Right?