Danish Jewish Cookies (Jødekager), the traditional recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the most popular cookie in Denmark? ›

Vaniljekranse are one of the most famous Danish cookies. They consist of a simple buttery dough which is extruded into long strips and then formed into small circles. These traditional cookies are distinguished by a light taste of vanilla and the addition of ground almonds, which make them incredibly crispy.

Hamantaschen cookies are a traditional Jewish pastry, enjoyed during the holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia. The next month will find them in all GAIL's bakeries, with two sweet fillings to choose from.

A jodenkoek (in Dutch, literally "Jew biscuit", plural jodenkoeken) is a big, flat, round shortbread biscuit with a diameter of about 10 centimeters (4").

Original Butter Cookies

Deeply rooted in Danish baking traditions, using only the finest ingredients, our butter cookie's delicate richness captures the spirit of everyday moments, any season and festive gatherings. Their signature shape, texture, look and aroma, are truly inviting.

Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. It is now sold in over 100 countries. Oreo was first produced in 1912 by the National Biscuit Company, now known as Na-Bis-Co.

Rugelach are often served on Jewish holidays like Hanukkah and Shavuot, though of course they can (and should!) be made throughout the year. Our family typically serves them during Rosh Hashanah, when sweet foods are made to signify a sweet new year.

The black-and-white cookie was among the original recipes used by Glaser's Bake Shop. By the post-war period, black-and-white cookies had become part of American Ashkenazi Jewish culinary repertoire, deeply rooted in the Jewish communities of New York City and elsewhere around the United States.

The sugar cookie is believed to have originated in the mid-1700s in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. German Protestant settlers created a round, crumbly and buttery cookie that came to be known as the Nazareth cookie. Jumbles are the earliest form of sugar cookies.

In order to maintain their freshness, the Danish cookies were packed in a distinctive blue tin showing the old Danish farmhouse named “Hjemstavnsgaard” from the island of Funen. The resealable and reusable tin has become an icon for Royal Dansk.

Do Danish cookies have coconut in them? ›

Wheat flour, butter (milk), sugar, desiccated coconut, invert sugar, salt, ammonium bicarbonate, natural flavor (vanilla). May contain traces of eggs, hazelnuts, pecans, and macadamia nuts. Contains: wheat, milk, coconut.

The list of what Denmark is famous for ranges from impeccable modernist design to baroque palaces, a popular, long-reigning royal family to an equally popular quasi-anarchist Copenhagen community, and so much more. Above all, this small nation is proud of its welcoming spirit, which makes it a joy to visit.

The Brunsviger

The most mouth-watering of all Danish delicacies, the brunsviger is a cake of crater-filled dough, drizzled by a thick layer of brown sugar and butter. This delicious concoction of sugar and fat soaks into the spongey cake, making for a delicious, moreish and sticky teatime snack.

Typical Danish pastries include a snegl, a cinnamon roll-style pastry, a spandauer, a pastry with a dab of custard cream in the middle (you probably know this as a 'Danish pastry'), and a tebirkes, a pastry with remonce in the middle and poppy seeds all over the top.

Denmark boasts a range of traditional cakes. Some favorites include Kransekage, a stack of ring cakes often seen at weddings and special occasions, rugbrødkage (rye bread cake with blackberry jam), and drømmekage (Danish Dream Cake, a delightful sponge cake topped with caramel).