Icelandic Desserts Recipes

"Midsummer would not be Midsummer without strawberries, and this is a simple Swedish recipe to make, to celebrate Midsummer, wherever you may be! In Scandinavia, the summer solstice is a magical time. The lavender twilight lasts until 11 p.m. and the day breaks again at about 2 a.m.; above the Arctic Circle, the sun doesn't sink below the horizon for..."

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Ingredients: cornflour, cornstarch...

"Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005. Just picked this recipe up when I was in Iceland from a cookbook called Cool Dishes. I think kids might really like this recipe, and it's relatively healthy too! A dessert soup might tickle their fancy. The book recommends serving this with crumbled rusks. Have not tried this recipe yet."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cocoa powder...

"I love oatmeal and i eat it regulary for breakfast. I sometimes have it even for lunch or dinner and when i am hungry and need something good and that fast i even love more to have an oatmealcookie handy to dip into my latte. If you like you can skip half of the honey and the oil but add 1 cup dark choclate chips or raisins."

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Ingredients: honey, spelt flour, milk...

"Most Icelanders have an enormous “sweet tooth” and an Icelandic afternoon tradition called “Kaffi og Kaka” (coffee and cake) is 1 way they indulge their craving. At first I expected something simple, but I quickly realized K&K is the Icelandic version of an American tradition ... “pig out till you seriously hurt yourself!” For some, it’s daily..."

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Ingredients: eggs, heavy cream...

"This is so easy to make and yet delicious. Even tough I do not like rice crispies at all I enjoy these muffins. I was acctually looking for a recipe like this here but could not find it so i posted my recipe here. In Iceland you will hardly find a potluck where these are not one of the treats. But don't be late as they are usually gone soon. Your..."

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Ingredients: syrup, Rice Krispies...

"This is a quick and easy recipe which you can adopt too. You can use different kind of fruits, i love to use seasonal things so i would use berries in fall, bananas in winter, strawberries in spring and mango in summer. You can also use chocolate chips, raisins, nuts or a combination of those to make the batter according to your personal preferences..."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, fruit...

"You can make this with any fruit really, even if posted with blueberries. I have made this with apples, caned pinapple, peaches, strawberries and it even works with perservatives or jam. Berry Bake - my favorite cake! Note: I have done corrections after the revviews, cut down on batter, changed everything into cups and changed the name of the recipe..."

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Ingredients: spelt flour, shredded coconut...

"Posted for Zaar World Tour 2006 Icelanders eat skyr as a dessert with sugar or cream. (Or fruit.)"

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Ingredients: milk, rennet tablets...

"I recently fel in love with cookies as i only have to make them once and they keep up to one or two weeks in your cookie jar. Well, if you let them. That way i do not waste anymore tears of left over cake which i have to trow away. We are only two and sometimes, we just feel for a bite of cake but we can never finisih it all - and we should not even..."

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Ingredients: flour, Dutch-processed cocoa powder...

"These fabulous cream-filled buns are served in Iceland on Bolludagur - Buns Day - the Monday preceding Ash Wednesday. Posted for ZWT 6 - SCANDANAVIA."

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Ingredients: eggs, dipping chocolate...

"I was trying to find a gooey cholatey brownie which would be good for me and still conqueer my cravings. This will fulfill all your requests, and beyond. If you like it sweet you might want to add 1/4 cup artificial sweetener or 1/2 cup sugar but i do not as i want to dark, bittery cocoa taste. The baking time will differ to your personal oven, i..."

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Ingredients: rice flour, cocoa, salt...