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Finnish Christmas Pastries

Wednesday, December 23, 2015



Traditional Finnish Christmas pastries

For the pastry you will need:
200g (7 oz) soft butter or margarine
2,5dl (1 cup) flour
1dl (1/3 cup) cold water
1 teaspoon vinergar

Filling:
Plum jam

  • Put all the pastry ingredients into a bowl and mix quickly by hand into a dough. Don't nead too much.
  • Put the dough to a cold place to harden.
  • Roll out on a floured board, folding a few times to make a puff pastry, and finally make a 1/2 cm thick sheet.
  • Cut the shett into 7x7cm squares. Split the corners of easch square. 
  • Place a bit of plum jam in the middle of each square. Fold over every other split end onto the center to form a windmill-like pastry.
  • Brush with beaten egg and bake at 250C (450F) until light brown.
ps. quite often we Finns use a ready-made dough for these pastries!









Does anyone know a gluten-free option???




16 comments:

  1. They turned out wonderful!!
    Wishing you Merry Christmas

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  2. These pastries look delicious. I have tried something similar, the only difference was the filling. I have to try your recipe. I think plum jam would be an interesting new taste in a pastry.

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    1. Have a try! In Finland plum jam is associated with xmas so we add it to almost all xmas delicacies.

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  3. These look so cute and magical. If and when I visit Finland, I'm coming to visit you! ;)

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    1. You are absolutely warmly welcome :) I agree that these look pretty magical.

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  4. Hope you have a good new year! I love the look of these Finnish pastries they look so tasty !

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    1. Thank you, Ana! They are so xmassy for us :)

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  5. These look delicious! Much more creative than mince pies! Merry Christmas.

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    1. Thanks! You're right - they look quite creative :D

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  6. They look delicious, I will definitely try them. Plum jam makes them ideal for winter time, not only Christmas, but I am tempted to try them with other flavors as well.

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    1. Other flavours would certainly work as well. For us the plum jam gives that xmas-flavour. Funny that we don't bake these all year round.

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  7. These are all awesome! I love trying out pastries from the different parts of the world. Thanks for featuring Finnish pastries here.

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    1. Great! You should absolutely try these if you are interested in baking something from Finland.

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  8. Everything looks absolutely delicious and I can't wait to try this !

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  9. They turned out beautiful... Mine would be in tummy so fast... LOL
    ~ http://viabella-thebeautifullife.blogspot.com

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