In honor of today, syttende mai or the "17th of May", I'm making one of my all-time favorite Norwegian treats - vaffler. These aren't the American style waffles that are eaten at breakfast with maple syrup. Rather, these are soft and pliable and eaten as a snack.
You'll find vaffler all over Norway: at the 7-11 convenience store, coffee shops and even the airport, but I like homemade ones the best. My Norwegian family loves to eat their waffles with brunost, a sweet brown goat cheese, but I prefer mine with a little dollop of Nora raspberry jam.
The batter comes together super quickly and you MUST use a heart-shaped waffle iron. The recipe calls for cardamom which is used throughout Nordic baking and gives the waffles a truly authentic taste.
GRATULERER MED DAGEN!!!
