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 votes5
Serves:
50 or more
Prep:
15 Min
Cook:
40 Min
Ingredients
-
1 1/2 cbutter
-
1 csugar
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1egg - well beaten
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2 tspvanilla
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4 cflour
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1 tspbaking powder
How to Make Butter Cookies (Swedish)
- Preheat oven to 400 or 375 convection
- Lightly butter cookie trays with tin foil lining
- Cream butter well
- Add Sugar and cream well again
- Add Egg and Vanilla and cream once more
- Wisk Flour and Baking Powder together briefly (or sift)
- Add Flour Mix to Butter Mix gradually until you have a smooth dough
- Form into small balls
- Press 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.
- Fill each dent with a jelly, colored sugar or candied fruit of your choice. Grape jelly, strawberry jelly and apricot are favorites.
- Bake for 8 to 10 min until lightly browned then move to cooling rack.
