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"This is from Beatrice Ojakangas' Great Holiday Baking Book. I own several of her books due to our common Finnish heritage. She says, "You really can do these rolls from beginning to end in an hour! I use the food processor to mix the dough and hasten the rising by using rapid-rise yeast. This yeast is so finely milled that it dissolves right..."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, salt...

"This scented Finnish recipe is spiced with cardamom and cinnamon.
Made rich from the eggs, butter and sour cream. This is more a bread then a sweet cake. Enjoy it for breakfast or dessert with a nice cup of coffee or tea."

Ingredients: cinnamon, eggs, salt...

"Sweet berry shakes. Made with or with the boose. Kijafa is Danish a cherry wine."

Ingredients: strawberry ice cream, milk...

"Making almond paste is so simple and to me it tastes fresher than any you can buy"

Ingredients: egg whites, icing sugar...

"This side is served with duck, roast pork or Cornish game hens.
This is so tasty, easy and very quick!
I do have a Spaetzle maker but if you don't use a grater or a slotted spoon."

Ingredients: eggs, onions, salt...

"A very tasty appetizer that goes over very well at any party. The liver taste is hidden by the onion and Sherry. A Swedish friend helped me to develop this recipe."

Ingredients: ground mace, onions, salt...

"Although there is a little work involved, these are my family's favorites. I would be disowned if I didn't make these every Christmas."

Ingredients: fruit preserves, eggs, walnuts...

"The holidays are deadly to a diet because of things like this! You can just keep popping one into your mouth every time you pass by till you have accidental eaten them all. I got this from a friend in Sweden. *Using the coarsest grating disc of the food processor for the ham works perfectly. After you have grated the ham use it for the cheese."

Ingredients: milk, parmesan cheese...

"Recipe from Bon Appétit. These treats are usually served for dessert following the traditional Thursday night dinner of pea soup. Check out my Hearty Split Pea Soup! Hearty Split Pea Soup!. The classic accompaniment is lingonberries; we use a mixture of the more readily available fresh raspberries and blackberries."

Ingredients: ground cardamom, eggs...

"This is my original recipe. I learned how to make these from my son's grandmother and she learned from her Norwegian mother. Unfortunately, formal measurements were never part of the recipe until I came along. Using the blender for this recipe is also my idea. These are wonderful...and are an ideal way of getting a balky child to eat eggs."

Ingredients: eggs, evaporated milk...

"Salmon sure is popular in Norway! Here is another simple way to serve it, with a crispy onion topping."

Ingredients: pepper, dried dill...

"This is a wonderful almond paste to use in recipes like scones, pizzelles, almond cookies, and other pastries but is optimal for those itty bitty Danish almond cakes.
I got this from a cooking magazine a few years ago. My version calls for 2 tbsp butter but you might want to up it to 3 if you find that it's not a good consistency or almond-to-butter..."

Ingredients: sugar, almond extract, almonds...

"A Scandinavian-style paté, attributed to Clare Ferguson, which I found on Huey's website, and have adapted for the 2005 Zaar World Tour. Huey (Iain Hewitson) is a well-known Australian chef whose popular cooking show appears on TV twice each weekday. He is also the author of several cookbooks and runs Tolarno's restaurant in Melbourne...."

Ingredients: dill, smoked trout fillets...

Ingredients: orange juice, pineapple juice...