Jan 16th 2019

It’s time of the year again, like most countries in Europe Danes also celebrate Christmas with cookies. Cookies are basically the point of Christmas, right? Whether you're making them for a party, Santa, or just a cozy night in by the fireplace, there's always a reason to whip up a batch of cookies during the holidays.

Here is a list of 4 best Christmas cookies in Denmark:

Danish Brown Cookie (Brunkager)

The first best Christmas cookies in Denmark is Brunkager. Danish brown cookies, or Brunkager, as they are called in Danish are another very famous and traditional Danish Christmas cookie. They are eaten throughout the month of December either in the homemade version or the one you can buy at the super market.
The ingredient list contains some special ingredients like four different spices and potash. Potash is a chemical leavening agent which is typical used to make Brunkager. We have never used it in other recipes than Brunkager and in Denmark it’s hard to find outside the Christmas season. However, Potash can be substituted with baking soda but it might give a less crisp result.

Pebernødder

One of the best Christmas cookies in Denmark is Pebernødder. Also, the Christmas biscuits Pebernødder are traceable back in time. The Danes used to call it a pepper biscuit.

To pepper meant to season and give a sharp taste. No wonder that the biscuit now has the name pebernød (nut); small, round and hard as nuts and seasoned with e.g. ginger, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Just as in old days the biscuits pebernødder must be there in several kilos - in order to have an enough for the entire family and guests - throughout Christmas.

Vaniljekranse

One of the best Christmas butter cookies in Denmark is Vaniljekranse. This recipe for Danish butter cookies is another traditional and very popular Danish Christmas recipe. In Danish this cookie is called Vaniljekranse which directly translated means vanilla wreaths.

A Vaniljekrans is basically a small round cookie with a crisp crust and a delicious taste of vanilla. As said, Vaniljekranse is a very traditional cookie and it goes way back, and we both remember having made these cookies with our moms when we were kids – shaping the small round cookies are just really exciting, especially for kids.

Klejner

One of the best Christmas cookies in Denmark is Klejner. This Christmas butter cookies is an old and very traditional Danish Christmas snack served throughout the month of December. A klejne is a small piece of dough shaped/twisted like a small knot or diamond and then deep-fried until it is crisp and golden.
In Denmark it is possible to buy klejner at almost every super market at Christmas. However, we always make our klejner ourselves. We believe that the homemade version is way better compared to the klejner from the super market.

Those are 4 best Christmas butter cookies in Denmark. Complete your Christmas experience with something premium and memorable like Danisa butter cookies. As premium Christmas butter cookies with original Danish recipe, Danisa mostly served during tea time.

There are two variants of this luxury Danisa butter cookies which are butter cookies and filled cookies. For butter cookies itself consists of three variants like traditional butter cookies, choco cashew butter cookies, and currant butter cookies.

In addition, Danisa butter cookies filled cookies has two variants, choco filled butter cookies, and pineapple filled butter cookies. That is why Danisa butter cookies is favorable Christmas butter cookies around the globe. Danisa is perfect butter cookies for gift. Furthermore, you can use Danisa butter cookies for gift on special occasions like Christmas or New Year to the beloved one.