The taste of Christmas When you think about Christmas, it’s rarely the taste of the hot food you think about – it’s the baked goods. Swedish baked goods for Christmas
Category: Baking
Until the 1930’s more than half of the Swedish population lived in rural areas and most Swedish villages consisted of few people and there simply wasn’t a market for commercial bakeries. People used to either bake in their own homes, or in a cooperatively owned bake house. In rural areas, especially in the north, these bake houses are still operational.
Even up until the recent surge in popularity of home baking many Swedish families baked their own bread.
Here you find recipes for breads, cakes and biscuits.
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