Dutch Yummies

It’s so hard to stick to sensible eating this time of year and it’s just as bad here in the Netherlands as back in Canada!

During the holiday season these stands can be found all over the Netherlands.   On shopping streets, train stations, tram stops… absolutely everywhere.  They are filled with freshly baked Dutch treats… and it smells sooooo good!  I drool every time I pass one.

They have all sorts of different kinds of baked goodies, some have only waffles and other shave a variety.  Regardless of what is in them though, they really add to the holiday atmosphere when you are out and about.   Between the delicious smells and the lights, you know when you are in town and see the Gebakkraam that Christmas is coming!

One of the main attraction of these stands are the oliebollen.  The Dutch love their oliebollen.   They are basically blobs of dough with cinnamon and raisins deep fried and then doused with icing sugar.   They also come in other variations like apple and cherry.

While the oliebollen are sold throughout the month of December, they are mostly a New Years treat.  On New Years Eve, the Dutch get out the ol’ deep fryer and whip themselves up a few dozen oliebollen to share with their friends.   They also make something called appelbeignet, which is apple rings deep fried in batter.   It’s sort of like an apple fritter, but different.   I prefer those to the oliebollen, but it’s not like I’ll be having much of either this year! 

Want to try and add a little Dutch spice to your New Years Eve party this year?   Here’s a recipe for oliebollen, try it out!

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11 comments

  1. Now you got me wanting to try those :). But the recipe, is it meant to not have any sugar in the dough what so ever? I was reading the comments and someone complained about it… Or should I look for a different recipe?

  2. Hi, Breigh.

    Jeez, your post sure made me hungry (even though I’ve never tasted the kind of food you mentioned).

    I didn’t want to extend the invitation I had in mind here in your blog’s comments section, but I couldn’t find your email address. I guess you’ll have an idea of what I want to ask you judging by my email address. ;-)

    Anyway, I hope to hear from you soon if you want to know more.

    Thanks!

  3. Oh, you are so making me miss Germany! No oliebollen (though they sound delicious), but we had so many tasty winter treats – tasty potato fritters, delicious sausages (oh, how I miss pork living in a Muslim country), gluehwein, lebkuchen, I could go on and on. Europeans definitely know how to cheer up a cold, dreary, dark winter day with some tasty stall food!

  4. If there is ONE thing that I miss from the Netherlands, its gotta be the OLIEBOLLEN! I love them in every variety of hot, greasy, burn the roof of your mouth, sugary goodness that they’re made! Ok, I miss bitterballen, frikendellen and croquettes just as much….and the moment soup mixes. As you can see, when I’m back in the NL for a visit, I head directly to the grocery store as my first stop! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and if you’re not going to be eating any olibollen this year, at least get a great big smell of one for me please!

  5. Love those oliebollen and the apple version. It has been a long time since I was in the Netherlands, but I was there over Christmas. I miss stollen too.

  6. OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH, I remember those stands, they always smelled sooo good, even if you were just passing by on the tram, and the doors opened. Break your diet and have an oilebollen for me. I saved your recipe and may try them, not sure I won’t be carried to the nut house when people hear about the oil part lol.

  7. Yes they have these stands everywhere and in the worst places. Like on every direct path you must cross to get anywhere, making it virtually impossible to resist them! Ughh they are soo good!!!

  8. Wanted to leave a Christmas Gazoo for Blogazoo surfers.

  9. OMG Girl! Don’t get me going!

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