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Latvian gingerbread cookies

In Latvia gingerbread cookies are very typical for Christmas. Around that time, every single house is filled with gingerbread cookie smell. In Latvia, you usually buy the gingerbread cookie dough and bake them at home, but living abroad this isn’t possible. So, for the third year in a row, I’m preparing my gingerbread cookie dough myself. I still don’t get the perfect consistency, but the taste and smell are better than the store-bought ones. Prepare your home for Christmas and bake some cookies!

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Yield: ca. 4kg of dough (which means – a lot of cookies!)

Ingredients:

400g honey
400g brown (or white) sugar
400g butter
1,5kg-2kg flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
20-30g of gingerbread spices: you can mix them yourself using cinnamon, cardamon, nutmeg, ginger, black pepper… or just buy a prepared gingerbread spices packet, for instance from Santa Maria (from Sweden)

Cinnamon rolls

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Kanēļmaizītes

In Latvia cinnamon rolls is a very popular treat for breakfast and a great snack to accompany coffee or tea in a cold winter afternoon. My grandmother used to make them quite often and I loved them. They are soft and with light caramel on top. Make sure you eat them freshly baked, that’s when they taste best. Enjoy!

cinnamon rolls

Yield: 40 small size cinnamon rolls

Ingredients:

250ml warm milk (ca. 40C)
2 eggs
80g butter
560g flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
140g brown sugar
1 packet instant yeast
sugar & cinnamon & some butter to spread on top of the dough
1 egg

Arroz con leche – Milk rice pudding

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Creamy rice pudding

“Arroz con leche” is a creamy and sweet rice dessert served in households all over Spain (and other Latin countries). To give it some special flavor, in Spain they usually add lemon peal and cinnamon.

Every family has their own “arroz con leche” recipe. I’ll share with you my Spanish grandma’s recipe, that is known as the very best in my husband’s family. It is usually served cold with cinnamon or a caramelized sugar crust on top of it….and yes, it is very tasty

arroz con leche

Yield: 20 portions of “arroz con leche”

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of cold water
1 cinnamon stick
peel of one lemon – just the yellow part
1/2 teaspoon of salt
250g of medium grain rice (“arroz redondo” or “round rice”)
3l of milk
250-300g of sugar