Sugar Cookies Scandinavian Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Beat the butter until creamy. Beat in the sugar until well blended.
• Stir in the egg, then the salt, cardamom, vanilla extract, and almond extract.
• Slowly add the flour, blending well.
• Refrigerate the dough for 30-90 minutes. Take out only enough to work with at one time.
• Roll to 1/8" thickness on a lightly floured board. (Flour the rolling pin lightly, too, or use a rolling pin cover.) Cut the dough with floured cutters.
• Place cookies on ungreased baking sheets (optional: use parchment paper). Leave a little room between cookies. Dust with the sugar of your choice and bake at 350°F for 11-15 minutes until lightly browned at edges. Remove cookies from baking sheets after 1-2 minutes and let them cool.
• These cookies may be frozen. You can refrigerate the dough or even freeze it for later use.

Steps:

• Cream together sugars, margarine and oil.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Blend thoroughly.
• Sift together flour, soda, cream of tartar, salt, and spices.
• Mix flour and creamed mixtures well. Chill at least 1 hour, but overnight is better.
• Pinch off bits and roll into balls the size of small walnuts.
• Roll in sugar.
• Place on lightly oiled cookie sheet.
• Flatten with bottom of glass.
• Bake at 375°F until lightly browned, 10 minutes or so.
• Do not over bake.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line 2 large cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper; spray with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cookie mix, softened butter, egg, flour and 1 teaspoon almond extract until dough forms.
• Divide dough into 3 pieces. Place 2 dough pieces on first cookie sheet. Press each piece into 12x2 1/2-inch rectangle, leaving 4 inches between rectangles. Place remaining piece of dough on second cookie sheet, and repeat shaping.
• Brush each rectangle with 1/2 teaspoon milk; sprinkle with 1/4 cup almonds. Press almonds lightly into tops of dough.
• Bake one cookie sheet at a time 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown (center will look soft). Cool 1 minute. Using sharp knife, cut each log into 1-inch diagonal slices, making sure to cut completely through almond slices while cutting. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack, leaving slices on parchment paper. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• In small bowl, stir powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon almond extract and 5 to 6 teaspoons milk until desired consistency. Drizzle over cookies; sprinkle 3 tablespoons almonds over tops. Let stand about 1 hour or until glaze is set. Store loosely covered at room temperature up to 2 days.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture., Shape into 1-in. balls. Roll in additional sugar. Place on greased baking sheets; flatten with a glass. Bake until set, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs and molasses and beat well.
• Mix all dry ingredients in separate bowl.
• Add dry mix to wet 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition to make a stiff dough.
• Roll dough into teaspoon size balls and roll in more granulated sugar.
• Bake on greased baking sheet at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk. Gradually add flour until blended. , Shape into 1-in. balls. In a small bowl, beat egg white. Dip balls in egg white, then roll in pecans. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly. Bake at 375° for 8-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Cream sugar, shortning, butter and sugar.
• Add flour, baking soda and baking powder.
• Mix well.
• Add vanilla and coconut.
• Drop on cookie sheet.
• Flatten with sugared cup bottom.
• Bake 10-15 minutes.