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My Finnish grandma made these (called them \"Prune Tarts\") every Christmas. Her dough was slightly different - a bit more tender. These are good though! I 'm originally from the UP of Michigan,where we also had a lot of Finns, Slovenians,Croatian and Italians. Oh, the wonderful variety of culinary delights! Gandydancer-lovely to hear your daughters are keeping up baking traditions! We make Croation povatica-same thing, slightly different ethnic spelling and pronunciation.<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"12\/22\/2014 10:08","GUID":"82266725fe0641398ba3847f127bf0df","MemberId":8027573,"Rating":4,"ScreenName":"peanutsnona76","SubmittedDate":"12\/22\/2014 10:08"},{"Comment":"
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