Fika, The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break with Recipes for
Pastries, Breads and other Treats by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall
I don’t drink coffee but the subtitle intrigued me so when
offered this book by Blogging for Books I took a chance. And what a yummy decision that turned out to
be!
Apparently the Swedish tradition is a twice a day coffee
break that must be accompanied by something sweet. It doesn’t matter where or with whom the
coffee break is spent, but it must accompany a treat. That’s what makes it
Fika. Coffee WITH something to eat.
I do believe if you are going to review a cookbook you should make something from
it. In a previous book I made a whole
meal but I surely couldn’t bake and eat some or lots or all of the goodies in
this book. So, I chose something I was suspicious of. Havreflarn
med Choklad (Oat Crisp Chocolate Sandwich Cookies.) I was suspicious because I expected the oat
crisps to soften and become mooshy after spread with the chocolate filling and
thus the oat cookie couldn’t be considered “crisp.”
The recipe was very simple. Oats, butter, sugar, a tiny bit
of flour, baking soda, egg. The cookies
spread out quite a bit and I think when I make them again I will make them
much, much smaller. These spread out to
a small saucer size. But they stayed
crisp through their cooling, through the chocolate layer spread and the
sandwiching of another cookie on top and they were still crisp the next
day. Winner!
Really, I can’t wait to try many more of the recipes in this
book and will keep it close at hand on the shelf. This one is a winner.
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