boller.

After missing the last two months because of conflicts, we made it back to Cooking Club last week. On the menu: Boller (Norwegian cardamom rolls). We learned that these rolls are a common Norway staple: plain, which can be used to make sandwiches; with a custard baked into it; as cinnamon rolls (no frosting). They are very similar to other rolls except that they have cardamom in them. The cardamom provides a unique and interesting taste that I liked, but I don't know that I would make them very often or even again, especially an entire batch. I did really like the custard baked into them and would be interested in trying that with one of my roll recipes.

Boller with custard, in the flesh (in the dough?). Not the best picture ever: These are probably not even ones that we made...all the rolls everyone made were baked together, and these are day-old because I was lazy about photographing them that night, and they had been squished up in tin foil all night. But I hear people like photos on blogs, so here you go.

I really like going to Cooking Club because most of the people there are super nice, and it's a neat way to get to know people a little bit. We basically know no one who lives near us (although, the Cooking Club folks actually do not live near us). There were some very humorous happenings at this meeting, but this public space is not the space for retelling.