{"id":644,"date":"2014-12-04T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2014-12-15T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T18:56:25","slug":"fattigmand-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"Fattigmand Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Christmas baking season has arrived again. I plan to make some different types of cookies, but then everyone does that. For something different, my husband and I always try to make one traditional Scandinavian food.<\/p>\n

The food we make most years, from Norway, is fattigmand bakkelse<\/em>. More of a fried bread than a cookie, these resemble the Mexican sopapilla we find in Colorado.<\/p>\n

Norwegians love to have fattigmand for Christmas. My Norwegian grandfather, Bjarne Bentsen (1906-1986) insisted that his Finnish wife Martha Mattila (1906-1977) learn to make these treats when they first married. My husband remembers his Norwegian grandmother Anna Nelson Hjelmstad (1890-1976) making them, too, but his own mom, a German, never tried it.<\/p>\n

My mother and father used to work together to make fattigmand every year. We kids needed to do our part to help, too. It takes a lot of rolling and cutting the stiff dough. Then someone deep fries each piece. Some folks dust them with powdered sugar, but we never did.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I never liked fattigmand all that much as I grew up. I usually gave my share to my brother. But my husband liked fattigmand, so early in our marriage I made the effort at Christmas to make some. Now I find that I like to eat them as much as he does.<\/p>\n

One of these days before Christmas we will invite our grandchildren over to learn how to make fattigmand, too. Here is our recipe, brought from Norway by my great-grandmother Sofie Bentsen (1878-1966):<\/p>\n

Fattigmand Bakkelse<\/p>\n

8 whole eggs + 4 egg yolks<\/p>\n

12 level Tbsp. sugar<\/p>\n

12 level Tbsp. sweet cream<\/p>\n

4 Tbsp. brandy<\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp. baking powder<\/p>\n

\u00bd cup melted butter<\/p>\n

1 rounded tsp. ground cardamom<\/p>\n

1 level tsp. cinnamon<\/p>\n

Mix in order given. Add enough flour (about 6 cups) to make a soft dough. Put in a cold place for 2-3 hours. Roll out very thin. Cut in diamond shapes, make a slit in center of each, and pull one end through slit. Fry in deep lard until golden brown. Use medium heat.<\/p>\n

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