For those of you already in Sweden, you may have noticed a delicious baked good in bakeries and stores everywhere.\u00a0 The semla.\u00a0 Essentially, the semla, or semlor (if you\u2019re really hungry and want more than one) is a wheat bun hollowed out and filled with amazingness.\u00a0 The amazingness consists of an almond paste and plenty of cream. To top it all off, well, is the top of the wheat bun that you just hollowed out. Add a little powdered sugar and you have yourself a delicious treat.\u00a0 If you\u2019re feeling adventurous, put your semla in a bowl of warm milk.\u00a0 Really, there\u2019s no wrong way to enjoy a semla.<\/p>\n
This delicious treat is time specific though.\u00a0 Meant to be eaten on Fat Tuesday (or fettisdagen in Swedish), the semla makes its appearance around the turn of the year and sticks around until about Easter.\u00a0 And Sweden eats them by the millions.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 A few years ago, a newspaper article from Aftonbladet<\/a> looked into the number of semlor eaten per year.\u00a0 That number was staggering.\u00a0 About 40 million. \u00a0With a country of nine million people, that\u2019s an average of five per person.\u00a0 I always did my part.<\/p>\n Fat Tuesday is March 8th this year so be sure to find yourself a semla.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t be in Sweden to find a semla, try baking your own this weekend. VisitSweden.com has a great semla recipe here<\/a>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I don\u2019t have any secret family recipe to share with you all. I struggle even to make Swedish pancakes from a pre-made mix.<\/p>\n Good luck, and if you succeed with your baking experiment, let us know how it went. Pictures on our Facebook page<\/a> of your semlor are always appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For those of you already in Sweden, you may have noticed a delicious baked good in bakeries and stores everywhere.\u00a0 The semla.\u00a0 Essentially, the semla, or semlor (if you\u2019re really hungry and want more than one) is a wheat bun hollowed out and filled with amazingness.\u00a0 The amazingness consists of an almond paste and plenty…<\/p>\n