This traditional Norwegian spread is either a type of sweet, brownish-colored cheese or a type of porridge made with milk and oats or rice. The consistency of the dish can be thin or thick. Additionally, raisins and cinnamon can be added. It is commonly enjoyed as a dessert, spread on bread, milk cakes, waffles, or lefse - a type of Norwegian flatbread made with potatoes, flour, butter, and cream.

Sandkaker or sandbakelse are traditional cookies originating from Norway. They're usually made with a combination of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, and blanched ground almonds. The butter and flour are mixed until crumbly, and the dough is finished with the addition of almonds, sugar, and eggs.

These round butter cookies are a Christmas staple in Norway. They are prepared with a simple base of flour, butter, and sugar, and are usually flavored with vanilla, while the top is often sprinkled with almond slivers. Serinakaker cookies are often included on the list of so-called seven sorts—traditional Norwegian Christmas bakes—and are considered to be one of the oldest cookies in Norway.

The name of these crispy and chewy Norwegian Christmas cookies translates as brown pins or sticks. They are prepared with a buttery dough that is usually sweetened with light syrup and generously spiced with cinnamon. The dough is usually shaped into flat logs, and after baking, it is cut into thin strips and sprinkled with roughly chopped almonds and pearl sugar.

These Norwegian spiced cookies are typically prepared with a buttery pastry that is enriched with syrup (sirap), cinnamon, ginger, ground white pepper, and aniseed. Sirupsnipper cookies are traditionally made with baker’s ammonia and are always cut into a diamond shape, with a halved almond placed in the center.

Traditionally associated with Christmastime, these popular Norwegian doughnuts called smultring are prepared with a dense dough that is usually spiced with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon or orange zest, as well as various liqueurs. They are typically small in size, ring-shaped, and fried in lard.

Ingefærnøtter are traditional cookies originating from Norway. They're usually made with a combination of flour, butter, sugar, fruit syrup, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, and black pepper. The dough is left to rest in the fridge, and it's then rolled out, cut into strips, and shaped into flattened balls.

Goro are traditional Norwegian Christmas cookies. They're usually made with a combination of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cardamom, and heavy cream. The smooth dough is wrapped in plastic and left in the fridge to chill for at least 8 hours before it's pressed with a special goro iron, which imprints beautiful decorative patterns on the dough and bakes the cookies as well.

Vispipuuro, russedessert, klappgröt, debesmanna, or mannavaht are different names for a creamy Baltic semolina porridge that is prepared with fresh fruit such as tart lingonberries, cranberries, or red currants. When cooked, the thick porridge is whipped until it transforms into a unique treat with a frothy and light consistency.