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Four Famous Ethnic Cookies


Adult Enrichment / Cooking & Nutrition -
Adult Fall 25

Learn to create the rolled Norwegian cookie - krumkakes made with cream, butter and cinnamon or sometimes flavored with vanilla. For generations, Minnesotans have purchased irons to bake krumkakes from local manufacturer Nordic Ware in St. Louis Park. Italian pizzelles are also baked on the stovetop using an iron but are a flat, anise-flavored cookie also flavored with vanilla. The chewy, almond Swedish sandbakkels are delicate golden brown and are baked in tiny tins to resemble tarts. Finally, you’ll master deep fried rosettes, those exceedingly fragile, paper thin Scandinavian delicacies dusted with confectioners' sugar. Expect great recipes plus the many steps and techniques that will make your baking a success! Please bring containers with you. Course Fee includes $16 Food Supply Fee.

Laurel Severson

Laurel Severson is a University of Minnesota graduate with a double major in Home Economics and Education. Her career has centered around food—from editing a series of international cookbooks and testing recipes to managing dining services at 3M for 30 years. Her roles included overseeing executive dining, employee buffets, conference meals, and special events before transitioning into hospital and hotel food service industry.

Today, Laurel teaches hands-on cooking classes across multiple Community Education districts in the metro area. She has lived abroad in the Philippines and London, traveled extensively, and is an avid cookbook collector. Known for sharing practical culinary tips, she frequently entertains in her historic 1882 St. Paul home and is an active community volunteer within her St. Paul community. 

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Osseo Middle School : 162 Staff Lounge and 174 FACS
Monday, Dec 1
6:00 - 9:00 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Full - waiting list


$ 49.00
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