And then there was dessert. A Greek yogurt topped with candied carrots, that tasted unlike anything I have had before.

Somehow we manage to crown a new favorite Christmas cookie each year — this time around it was the lacy Florentine Cookie, the one I perfected to my liking some years ago.

So we rarely leave Lake Neusiedl without loads of elderberries to be turned into this divine jelly. Forget the praised health benefits, we love it for its exquisite flavour alone… tastes sublime not only on bread and toast, but on pudding, ice cream or yogurt, too.

If you love SOFT, JUICY, COCONUT as cookie attributes – these are for you! Totally.