# Looking to make Vinarterta for the first time in 20 years
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-make-vinarterta-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/851548
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-make-vinarterta-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/851548 "2020-04-11T04:51:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-make-vinarterta-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/851548/1 "2020-04-11T04:51:11Z")
I’ve been on a bit of a nostalgic binge lately, and wanted to relive a dessert my Icelandic great-grandmother would make.
Unfortunately my great-grandmother and grandmother are no longer here to talk me through it.
My main question is on the 7 layers of “cookie sheets” the recipe i have doesn’t really say how to cook them, or how long anyway.
I know the dessert has to set in a refrigerator overnight, and seem to recall the “cookies” being really white yet, but crunchy.
Do i cook them all the way before stacking? Or do they harden in the fridge?
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### Author:  [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-make-vinarterta-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/851548/2 "2020-04-11T07:11:06Z")
Having never heard of it, I had look online and this [Martha Stewart](https://www.marthastewart.com/356074/vinarterta) recipe is the first thing I found. The layers are baked and left to cool. Looks like you could make it with figs, too.