Santa Lucia cookies

[karykat]

I'm wondering if anyone has made a particular kind of Santa Lucia cookie. They are made on metal forms that are basically a curved piece of thin metal. (Looks kind of like a french bread pan but upside down.) You roll out the dough and then cut it into strips and put on the mold and bake. They form curved cookies. Some people apparently arrange them on a plate to make a Santa Lucia "crown." Another version uses wafer paper. You spread an almond paste mixture on the wafer paper, then cut into strips and bake.

I bought a couple of these metal molds and some of the wafer paper at Maid of Scandinavia (Sweet Celebrations). Has anyone made these cookies before? I want to try them for the holidays and am looking for tips.

[BETTS]

Wondering if you have any idea where to buy one of these molds now that MoS is out of business. I have searched everywhere!

[BETTS]

Again, I know this is a really old posting, but looking through an old cookbook last night I found a piece of paper with recipes for these cookies as well as a picture of the form. I have searched the internet high and low and so far you are the only other person who seems to know what these cookies are!

[heylids]

betts, could you post the recipe and if possible also the photo. That may help with the search.

[BETTS]

here are several recipes using the mold....my grandmother always made the ones in the middle and she called them rock-a-byes

[BETTS]

my grandma always made the rock-a-byes, but here are several recipes and a couple pictures

[karykat]

I just saw your posts.

Could I trouble you to write out the recipes? I'm having trouble reading them.

I guess it looks pretty long, doesn't it.

Did your grandma use the water paper or roll them out without that? What did they taste like? Almondy and crispy, I imagine?

I got my molds at M of S.

[WildSwede]

Are you taking about Kransekake? The molds are rings in varying sizes? You use an almond-flour batter. You place the largest one on a plate and put the next largest and so on and so forth. Before you place the next one on, you drizzle a glaze over it. Most of the times you put Norwegian/Swedish flags on it. It is a very high cake and people just break the rings. Does that sound like it?

http://www.fantes.com/kransekake.htm

[karykat]

No, different from these. The cookies look like curved strips. They are baked on these forms that look like metal french bread pans upside down. Like metal hills. Does this sound familiar?

[WildSwede]

I wonder if they are spritz? They are not made out of a bread-like dough - that would be Lussekatter. I am going to ask my mom - she will know and get back with you.

[karykat]

Nope. They're not spritz. I grew up with those and know them. These are thin wafers that are curved (either crisp or a little softer in a version that is made with almond paste). Baked on this curved metal surface that looks like a tube with one end cut off lengthwise (if that makes sense.)

[WildSwede]

My mom is thinking maybe Kringle? I have a Swedish cookbook that I am going to look at when I get home.

[karykat]

Excellent. Will be interested to see what you find.

[BETTS]

I know this thread is really old, but I'm wondering if you ever got an answer. My grandmother used to make the cookies you are talking about, someone said they are called bridge cookies? Anyway, she passed and we can't find the mold she used and I'd like to buy a new one...does that mold have a name??