For Christmas we are suppost to make seven different christmas cakes and cookies. I have done so, some times. This year I have made four and are happy with this. For the first time I have made goro, the ones in the picture above. I didn’t have the right eqipment before, but I found an oldfashioned one in a secondhand market this autumn. Or rather, I bought two of these old, iron equipment to be sure at least one of them was ok. So now I have made goro, and in the traditional way. The cookies in the last pictures also turned out to be quite ok, if I might say so. Some more photos are here.
Bente Haarstad Photography 
This all looks so delicious!
Merry Christmas, Bente.
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Merry Christmas to you, Anneli.
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So pretty, and look yummy!
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Yummy it is, Sally.
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Merry Christmas Bente!
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Merry Christmas to you and the horses.
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the iron equipment – and the cookies – are works of art! congratulations, you did well!!!
feliz navidad! z
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Thanks, and feliz navidad for you, Z.
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Yum and Merry Christmas, Bente.
😉
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Merry Christmas, Gemma.
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Love traditional cookies, those look gorgeous!
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They are very traditional, I would say oldfashioned, Nancy. But nice.
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Yummy and cute Happy holidays 🙂
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Happy Hollidays to you too, Cocomino. Loved the pine cones your daughters had collected. Thought to do the same, didn’t have the time..
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Lovely looking cookies. Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas to you, Sherry.
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Seasons greetings Bente. ‘goro’ what a odd name for a cake!
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I agree, odd name, but I like it. Seasons greeting to you, Mayur.
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I was curious about the name, so I searched on the Internet and found a site that claims goro is a shortened version of gode raad, meaning ‘good advice’. I don’t know if that’s correct, but it’s plausible. Gode raad and God Jul to you.
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Goro are my favorite Norwegian cookies! And yours are very beautiful. I’ve never had any here in the U.S. and have never seen an iron for making them. But my cousin’s mother in Norway made them for us when we visited. I like them so much better than krumkaka.
We started celebrating early today by eating Gjetost on rusks. Yum. And I’m making lefse on Monday morning.
God Jul from Seattle!
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I like them better than krumkake too, for sure! It’s an old tradition, I don’t know how long it will survive, but I hope for long. And now I can contribute with my really old iron. Thanks, Pat. God Jul!
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I remember my Grandmother had theese Irons and made the cookies. Yum, yum..
Happy holydays.
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My grandmothers too of course. They are so nice so it is well worth to keep ut the tradition. You should try too. 😉
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I would like to taste them, they looks delicious – took a look in your gallery – and although I don’t like “kageruller” ‘hahaha’ – so it looks very good… 🙂
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I bet you have some really nice danish christmas cookies. Enjoy Drake!
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Var det de jag sÃ¥g pÃ¥ dina marknadsbilder?Fast i hhjärtform, tror jag? Fantastiskt vackra! Jag antar att de är goda ocksÃ¥…I Sverige har vi inga sÃ¥dana tradioner, vad jag vet. Kanske norröver mot Dalarna, Värmland, Jämtland i sÃ¥ fall.Jag har aldrig sett dem förut. Jag skulle däremot gärna smaka. Finns de att köpa i Norge eller finns de bara i hemmen?
God Jul!
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På markedet var det nok pyntehjerter i bivoks (antar jeg) jeg tok bilde av. For dekorasjon. Det var litt underlig at dere ikke har slike tradisjoiner. Vi har jo så mye som er ganske likt. Goro finnes å få kjøpt, bare til jul, men jeg gjør aldri det. Vil ikke ha julekaker laget for 1-2 måneder siden, dyre er de også. Men flere og flere kjøper.. God Jul!
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I love the old irons. The biscuits look delicious! 🙂
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Old irons are great. Even worked on a modern stove, I wasn’æt sure about that, but it did. Thanks and Merry Christmas, Chillbrook.
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They look good! I love the cast iron goro baker – a lot of effort has gone into making just the right tool for the job. God Jul!
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I guess you are right about the effort to make these irons. And I am so happy I now owns one. There are electrical ones, but they stopped producing them this year, probably because too few takes the effort to make them. Can be bought just before Christmas, but not as good as homemade. Thanks, Finn, Merry Christmas.
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They look absolutely delicious, Bente.
What luck to find the old cast iron moulds to cook with too.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
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I was very lucky to find them, Victoria. Have a wonderful Christmas too.
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Beautiful goro cookies! So festive! Merry Christmas!
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These look wonderful. My father’s family was scandinavian and the tradition for seven cakes and cookies came over to America with them. We did not have the tools to make the fancy cookies like goro, but we enjoyed the cookies we had just the same.
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Hi,
I never seen or heard of goro before, they look delicious, and I love the patterns, it does dress it all up beautifully.
You and your family have a Very Merry Christmas, and all the Best for the New Year as well.
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Bente, I love the irons. So beautiful. Goro looks delicious!!
Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!!
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Goro, a much more interesting name for waffles! Lovely pix and post, bente. Merry Christmas to you. :O)
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They look delicious! Is there a cream filling between the layers?
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Appetizing !
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
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That looks like a win/win…Beautiful and yummy too!
Merry Christmas from us here in Northern Michigan, USA.
~d.
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I don’t know “Goro”, but when i see your pictures (and I’ve just finish breakfast) i’m hungry
Merry Christmas 😀
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Yum Yum. Merry and Sweet Christmast Bente. Enjoy these days with the people you love.
Jota.
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How cool is that?! Making your own cookies with those old iron equipment! Also nice that you’ve made photos of the making of the cookies 😉
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How mouthwatering is that! You make me smile! I have fond memories of my mom with her Norwegian heritage (her family came from Larvik) baking for Christmas…. Fattigmann cookies…. Oh i loved them!! Also sandkake, sjokalade pinner, krumkake and on special occasions kranskake … and the most divine waffles 🙂 Happy times! It’s wonderful that you are keeping a tradition going making goro. The best of seasons wishes to you Bente 🙂
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Vilka fina gorån! Jag vill gärna ta ett! 🙂 Mamma har ett järn. De nedre kallar vi sirapsbröd elelr bondkakor i Sverige.
Jag bakade både svenska och norska kakor till jul, för jag gjorde det tillsammans med en väninna som flyttat hit från Sortland. Det blev bl a serinakakor, multringer samt schackrutor och struvor som heter något helt annat på norska. :-
Allt gott till dej och en kram!
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Herlig! 🙂
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Deben estar riquÃsimas, pero lo que más me ha gustado es el molde, ¡bellas fotografÃas!
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I’ll note down those biscuits for next Xmas… I’d really love to try them! I fear the major problem will be finding a proper mould… I haven’t seen any here in Italy so far… anyway: I still have one year ahead to find some 😉
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