Made some Finnish Christmas cookies and pastries with Mia. Joulutortut & piparkakut, Christmas tarts & gingerbread cookies. Gingerbread cookie dough was a bit too soft so they did not hold their shape quite right but the taste was right.

We made one batch of the Christmas tarts with ready made fillo dough because I was going to go the easy way. They tasted somewhat right but texture was way too dry. So then I thought WTF (“Winterly True Family Event”) needs my dough made from scratch. They in the picture looking and tasting so much more right and better.

Christmas tarts and gingerbread cookies

Round of “Rosolli” and seafood, herring and salmon prepared in few ways, along with Finnish rye sourdough and potato rye breads

Karelian pies, “Karjalanpiirakat”

Our traditional “Franken” cake. Half caramel cake, half lingonberry cake. meidän perinteinen “Frankenkakku”. Puolikas kinuskikakku ja puolikas puolikkaista.