Swedish Vanilla Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar well.
• Gradually add sugar, and cream until light and fluffy.
• Beat in egg yolk, vanilla and flour, blend thoroughly.
• Roll into walnut-sized balls and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Make a nice indentation in top of each cookie, I use the end (the handle end)of a wooden spoon for this.
• Put a little bit of jelly or jam into each indentation.
• Bake in 350º oven for at least 15 minutes or til pale golden yellow.
• Cool, then sift powdered sugar over them.
• *Tips for measuring four!
• When recipes say "flour, sifted", it means to measure the flour into a sifter, then sift into the rest of the ingredients.
• When a recipe says "sifted flour", that means that you sift flour into a separate bowl first, then measure it, then add to the rest of the ingredients. In this recipe, if you don't sift the flour first, you will be adding too much, and your dough will be a little dry and hard to work with.
• Also, lightly spoon your flour into your measuring cup, don't scoop it from the bag or your bowl. Scooping it compacts the flour and you will be adding too much whether it has been sifted first or not. (Then always level it off with the straight edge of a knife.).
• Some recipes are "forgiving", but baking recipes aren't always that forgiving! Correct measuring can be extremely important.
• Hope this helps! :).

Steps:

• To make dream cookies: in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Add the canola oil slowly while mixing with the mixer.
• Mix flour and baking powder in separate bowl.
• Stir in flour mixture by hand to form a smooth dough.
• Place the dough in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 300 F (150°C).
• Roll dream cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the dream cookies are lightly browned with cracks on the surface.
• Note: Do not open the oven until cookies are done!

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 F. Work butter in a bowl until creamy. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg yolk and vanilla extract and beat well. Add sifted flour to butter mixture gradually and mix until smooth. Divide dough into small balls about 3/4 inch in diameter. Place balls about 2 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with the fingers and make a depression in each with the thumb. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly brown. Fill depressions with currant jelly as used.