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Delicious Sandbakkel Filling Ideas

December 4, 2012 3 Comments

Sandbakkels are completely delicious on their own and they make a great companion to any cup of coffee (the Norwegians in my family love drinking decaf all day). Their buttery and almondy flavor goes well with cream and any kind of fresh fruit, and they’re quite spectacular with ice cream too.

My Top 5 Sandbakkel Filling Faves, In Order

5. Peanut Butter Cheesecake Tart Filling via Bake Me Something Good
4. Northwestern Fruit Tarts via Keni on Group Recipes
3. Nutella Sandbakkel Tartlets via About
2. Mocha Tartlets via Epicurous

1.Cranberry Sauce

When I made my latest batch of sandbakkels, I had some leftover cranberry sauce in the fridge, and let me tell you, OMG. The tartness of the cranberries with the sandbakkels was incredible.

Delicious Sandbakkel Filling Ideas | HandsOccupied.com

Fresh cranberry relish recipe via Food Network

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh cranberries
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup Grand Marnier liqueur
1 orange, zested and juiced

Directions

Place all the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor, pulse several times to breakdown the cranberries and incorporate the ingredients; it should still be a bit chunky. Allow the cranberry relish to sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes, so the flavors can marry.

 

Filed Under: Baking, Christmas, How-to, Recipes Tagged With: cranberry sauce, dessert, norway, norwegian, sandbakkels, tarts

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is an artist, author and crafts designer specializing in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macrame. In addition to running the Hands Occupied Blog and Pattern Shop, you can find her making videos & co-hosting the Very Serious Crafts podcast.

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  1. William Caton

    April 15, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    You mention 5 fillings, but only list one. When we hit the “next” button we just learned about making Norwegian wrapping paper. What are the other four???

    Reply
    • Heidi

      April 16, 2016 at 9:00 am

      The first 4 are listed, with numbers, above the cranberry filling. :)

      Reply
  2. Monica from Addonkitchen.com

    July 5, 2018 at 10:15 pm

    Nomal recipe but looks delicious, I’ll have to try them :))

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