Butter Cookies (Swedish)
By
Wendy Strawn
@WendyMoyer
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These were a staple of holiday cookies at my childhood. My great grandmother, grandmother, mom & I would make them together and as child I had the job of using a thimble to make the perfect dent to fill with sparkling jellies.
Rating:
★★★★★ 2 votes
Serves:
50 or more
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
40 Min
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 c
- butter
- 1 c
- sugar
- 1
- egg - well beaten
- 2 tsp
- vanilla
- 4 c
- flour
- 1 tsp
- baking powder
How to Make Butter Cookies (Swedish)
- 1Preheat oven to 400 or 375 convection
- 2Lightly butter cookie trays with tin foil lining
- 3Cream butter well
- 4Add Sugar and cream well again
- 5Add Egg and Vanilla and cream once more
- 6Wisk Flour and Baking Powder together briefly (or sift)
- 7Add Flour Mix to Butter Mix gradually until you have a smooth dough
- 8Form into small balls
- 9Press balls down with either thumb or thimble to make a nice dent in the middle of each - dip finger or thimble in flour when needed for a clean release.
- 10Fill each dent with a jelly, colored sugar or candied fruit of your choice. Grape jelly, strawberry jelly and apricot are favorites.
- 11Bake for 8 to 10 min until lightly browned then move to cooling rack.
