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Making Rosenmunnar (Swedish Thumbprint Cookies) with Kids: Around the World in 12 Dishes

Learn about Sweden with Kids. Making Rosenmunnar (Swedish Thumbprint Cookies) and Braided Swedish Coffee Bread as you explore the world with food.

Thumbprint cookie recipe for Rosenmunnar from Sweden for kids

We started our global journey the same way Phileas Fogg did in London, UK, and are now moving northeast into Stockholm, Sweden.

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Making Rosenmunnar (Swedish Thumbprint Cookies) with Kids

This month, My 5 year old and I had a blast looking through cookbooks and recipe websites trying to decide what to make for our cooking stop in Sweden. 

Coming from a Scandinavian background, we had trouble deciding if we wanted to make the Spritz cookie or the Rosenmunnar  – a Swedish thumbprint cookie. The Swedish thumbprint cookie won as we had never made them before and any excuse to use our home-made blueberry and peach preserves is a winner! 

Thumbprint cookie recipe from Sweden

If you are looking for an easy, hands on kids cookie – this is it!

The kids can help measure, roll the balls, press the thumbprints, and fill the jam. 

(Just make sure the kids are not near the cookie as it comes out of the oven – they are HOT) 

After they cooled off, Hubbie gave them his stamp of approval, “these are addictive” he said as he ate a  two handfuls!

Braided Swedish Coffee Bread Recipe

Then, because the oven was on, we also tried this Bread Machine Swedish Coffee Bread. 

We use our bread machine a lot to knead and rise the bread.  I prefer the crust when it has been baked in a real oven though – so this seemed like a perfect recipe for us. 

You can always substitute half of the flour for white whole wheat or whole wheat flour. It will make it a little heavier and denser, but also healthier.  We went for the all white flour this time. 

Child making Braided Bread

The recipe does not call for raisins, but my 5 year old asked if we could add them.  Why not? 

We started the bread in the machine first, then made the cookies.  My bread machine takes a little over an hour to make the dough through the first raise. 

After the cookies were done, we were able to begin braiding the bread.

Braiding bread is great therapy (in my opinion) and kids really need to grasp the pattern. After we braided the bread, we let it raise one more time before baking it!

Braided Bread with Kids

I think it turned out great! We are a family that bakes together often and I love that this challenge encourages us to try foods from around the world.

Sweden Activities for Kids

Here are some additional activities about Sweden for kids. We’d love to have you join us too!

Around the World in 12 Dishes: Crafts and Resources

Here’s is some background information, books, printables and crafts for you children to do about Sweden.

Around the World in 12 Dishes

How to join the fun!

  • Cook a dish from Sweden: The goal is to explore this country through FOOD and activities if you wish. Make a typical dish (sweet or savoury) from the country with the kids, take photos and have fun!
  • Typical dishes: Köttbullar med potatismus (Meatballs with mashed potatoes), gravlax, pyttipanna (a kind of hash), chokladboll (chocolate balls) or Kanelbulle (cinnamon rolls) (Here is a link for more inspiration: Swedish cuisine).
  • Print your passport:
  • Color a placemat
  • Make a craft: you can make a country related craft with the kids
  • Read a book: “D…Is For Dala Horse”.
  • Fun fact: Did you know that Swedes are known for their innovations? Swedish Inventions include: The perfected design of the zipper (Gideon Sundbäck), the marine propeller (John Ericsson), the refrigerator (Carl Munters and Baltzar von Platen), the computer mouse (Håkan Lans), the pace-maker (Rune Elmqvist).
  • Share with us in the comments below or on our Facebook Page
  • Pinterest: We will add your photos to a “Around the World in 12 Dishes” Pinterest Boards (one for the dishes, one for the crafts) you will be a great source of inspiration for everyone 🙂

Want more adventures around the world? Explore these Global Activities for Kids!

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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Amanda, Around the World, grade school, Little Hands That Cook, Recipes, Sweden

About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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Comments

  1. Valerie @ Glittering Muffins says

    April 2, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    Wow! Now I wanna make those cute little cookies and this awesome looking bread with Nico. Can't wait to see what else you are doing!

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  2. Growing a Jeweled Rose says

    April 2, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    Yum and Yum!

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  3. Rebekah says

    April 2, 2012 at 9:03 pm

    We will need to give those cookies a whirl. I am attempting to make strawberry preserves, so the cookie recipe would be great for using up the strawberries.

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  4. Raising a Happy Child says

    April 4, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    Fantastic. I am following Around the World ideas with interest. In fact, I just started my own "Read Around the World" program at home – the first post is coming up tomorrow. If daughter chooses Sweden, I'll have to check the ideas on the list.

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  5. Kelli Becton-AdventurezInChild'Rearing says

    April 6, 2012 at 11:26 am

    yummy – we use the same type of study in our homeschool 😉 I'll have to link up when we "get to" sweeden 🙂 Thanks for linking with Kids in the Kitchen!

    Reply

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