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Traditional Swedish holiday treats remade
Swedes love making holiday treats like classic gingerbread cookies, toffee and saffron buns. In the IKEA Ideas lab, we really love playing around. So we asked recipe developer and food stylist Fia Arosenius Ahlanzberg to cook up new spins on these tasty traditions. Check out the sweet videos and recipes below.
Toffee with peppermint pop
Made with sugar, whipping cream and syrup, ‘knäck’ is a butterscotch-style Swedish toffee usually made with almond pieces. It starts out hard, melts in your mouth and can seriously stick to your teeth!
Sweet vanilla saffron knots
‘Lussekatter’ are sweet, S-shaped saffron buns with raisins. Eaten throughout the holiday season, they’re consumed mostly around Lucia Day, a celebration of light during the dark winter.
Orange-y gingerbread cookies
Gingerbread thins called ‘pepparkakor’ have been a holiday staple in Sweden for centuries. They’re sweet with a nice spice kick, thanks to cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and of course, ginger. Fia added another holiday favourite—oranges!
We love to see our customers get creative with our products. Go for it! But please note that altering or modifying IKEA products so they can no longer be re-sold or used for their original purpose, means the IKEA commercial guarantees and your right to return the products will be lost.
Made by
Interior designer: Saša Antić
Photographer: Andrea Papini
