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Swedish Meatballs (From a Swede!)

Submitted by: LindaT

Living In: San Jose, California, USA

These tiny Swedish meatballs use a combination of ground beef and ground pork to make a flavorful appetizer for holidays or dinner parties. Serve alongside vegetable sour cream or lingonberry sauce for an authentic Swedish meal.

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Strassburgare

Submitted by: LindaT

Living In: San Jose, California, USA

Tender and delicate Swedish butter cookies are made with a cookie press and your favorite decorative tip. Color the dough your desired shade of red or green if you like. Using potato flour helps eliminate toughness.

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Danish Ebelskiver

Submitted by: Jim White

Fluffy pancake batter is poured into a special cast-iron Danish ebelskiver pan.

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Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)

Submitted by: Nom Nom Nom

Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

Swedish meatballs made with ground beef and pork are gently spiced, baked, and served with brown sour cream gravy in this old family favorite recipe for Christmastime.

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Scandinavian Sweetheart Waffles

Submitted by: ScandoGirl

Home Town: Canajoharie, New York, USA

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Heart-shaped waffles are a traditional treat throughout Scandinavia, made crisp in Sweden and soft-textured in Norway. Topped with jam or berries and whipped cream, or wafer-thin slices of gjeitost (Norwegian brown goat cheese), they're a favorite with coffee or as a snack.

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Swedish Waffle Cookies

Submitted by: LindaT

Living In: San Jose, California, USA

A creamy lemon-flavored liqueur filling is sandwiched between thin oval-shaped butter cookies for a sweet treat on any occasion. The recipe calls for a strongly flavored Swedish liqueur, but you can use amaretto if you like.

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Scandinavian Almond Bread

Submitted by: SS

This moist, almond-flavored coffee cake is perfect with a cup of joe.

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Ponnukokur

Submitted by: Emma's Cookhouse

These Icelandic pancakes hold to the motto, 'You can never be too rich or too thin.' The crepe-like pancakes, enriched with sour cream, eggs, and melted butter, are traditionally sprinkled with brown and confectioners' sugar and rolled up.

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Raspberry Currant Sauce

Submitted by: QuiltnDD

Frozen raspberries and red currant jelly make a ruby-red, tangy, and delicious sauce for rice pudding, bread pudding, cheesecake, pound cake, or ice cream.

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Danish Cinnamon Snails

Submitted by: malene_2

The cardamom-spiced dough makes these Danish cinnamon rolls stand apart from the sweet roll crowd! Frost with a confectioners' sugar glaze, if desired.

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Danish Oatmeal Cookies

Submitted by: Donna Q

These buttery Danish oatmeal cookies made with pecans are small and light.

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Dana's Famous Swedish Meatballs

Submitted by: LaughingSong

Cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg flavor these famous Swedish meatballs.

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Finnish Meatballs (Lihapyorykoita)

Submitted by: GLehtimaki

Home Town: Newnan, Georgia, USA

Living In: Manchester, Georgia, USA

Try these Finnish meatballs seasoned with allspice and served in a creamy gravy!

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Potato Soup with Gravlax Rosettes

Submitted by: Swiss Phil

Living In: Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Start your next winter dinner party off with this elegant potato soup, enriched with mascarpone cheese and pretty rosettes of smoked salmon. A drizzle of mascarpone and a sprinkling of chives over each bowl finishes the beautiful presentation.

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Easy Cardamom Bread

Submitted by: Bethany Behrle

Home Town: West Union, Iowa, USA

Your friends will be impressed with this sweetly-spiced, raisin and nut-filled Scandinavian bread.

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Original Kumla Recipe from Mom

Submitted by: Bud

Home Town: Knightstown, Indiana, USA

Living In: Sheffield, Ohio, USA

Big, hearty round potato dumplings with a piece of bacon inside simmer slowly in a rich ham broth. Serve the dumplings with the broth and pieces of ham for a Scandinavian soul food supper that's perfect on a wintry day.

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Sugared Danish Butter Cookies with Pecan Halves

Submitted by: phoenix__rising

Home Town: Smithsburg, Maryland, USA

Living In: Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

One batch of butter cookie dough makes 2 kinds of tender, elegant cookies, one decorated with coarse sugar crystals and the other with pecans. Dough is refrigerated overnight, and can be frozen for decorating and baking later.

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Peppernotter (Scandinavian Christmas Cookies)

Submitted by: S. Sundt

Living In: Springfield, Virginia, USA

Spice cookies from Scandinavia have a hint of lemon and a kick of black pepper, in addition to the cinnamon, ginger, and cloves that will make your kitchen smell like Christmas.

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Scandinavian Snowflake Cookies

Submitted by: RMEG58

Home Town: Miles City, Montana, USA

Living In: Butte, Montana, USA

Dough is rolled into paper-thin circles, folded, and cut out like paper snowflakes to make beautiful lacy flat breads that are fried and sprinkled with confectioners' sugar. A traditional Christmas treat from Scandinavia. They take time and care to make.

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Laura's Famous Aebleskiver

Submitted by: Laura

This traditional Danish breakfast treat made with a special aebleskiver pan is a cross between a pancake and a popover. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar or drizzle with maple syrup or jam.