Scandinavian Butter Cookies Recipes

DANISH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and confectioners' sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add vanilla and egg, and beat to combine. Gradually add flour, and beat until well incorporated. Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with a 7/16-inch star tip (such as Ateco #825).
• Pipe 2 1/2-inch rings onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spaced 2 inches apart. Bake, rotating halfway through, until lightly golden around edges but still light on top, about 20 minutes. Transfer sheets to wire racks; let cool completely.

SWEDISH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add syrup. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Divide dough into eight portions. Roll each portion into a 9-in. log. Place 3 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cut into 1-in. slices. Remove to wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

NORWEGIAN BUTTER COOKIES (SERINAKAKER)

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients including flour, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar baking powder, and salt.
• Chop the cold butter into cubes and add it to the dry ingredients. Crumble the mixture with your hands (or a stand mixer) until it forms small crumbs, like coarse sand.
• Beat the egg in a separate bowl for about 30 seconds, and then add it to the butter/flour mixture. Mix until the dough comes together, but don't overwork.
• Roll the dough into a log, wrap and place in the fridge for about an hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Remove from the refrigerator, slice off small sections of dough and roll them into small balls in your hands (about 1 1/4 inches in diameter).
• Place the dough balls on a prepared cookie sheet and flatten with a fork, the bottom of a glass or your palm.
• Brush with egg white and sprinkle pearl sugar or slivered almonds on top.
• Bake in a 350-degree oven for about 10 minutes, until the bottom is very slightly brown. Do not over bake.
• Remove from the oven and cool completely before storing.

SWEDISH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Place the eggs into a saucepan with enough water to cover by 1 inch. Cover the saucepan, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, remove from the heat and let the eggs stand in the hot water for 15 minutes. Pour out the hot water; cool the eggs under cold running water. Peel eggs, separate yolks from whites. Sieve or finely grate yolks. Reserve whites for another use.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the egg yolks and the almond extract. Slowly mix in the flour, just until incorporated. Use a spritz style cookie maker to press cookies onto prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven just until the edges begin to brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

BUTTER COOKIES (SWEDISH)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 or 375 convection. Lightly butter cookie trays with aluminum lining.
• 2. Cream butter well. Add sugar and cream well again.
• 3. Add egg and vanilla. Cream once more.
• 4. Wisk flour and baking powder together briefly (or sift).
• 5. Add flour mix to butter mix gradually.
• 6. Combine until you have a smooth dough.
• 7. Form into small balls.
• 8. 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.
• 9. Fill each dent with a jelly, colored sugar or candied fruit of your choice. Grape jelly, strawberry jelly and apricot are favorites.
• 10. Bake for 8 to 10 min until lightly browned then move to cooling rack.

SCANDINAVIAN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix all ingredients together at once.
• Form into balls.
• Press down with glass dipped in sugar and top with nuts or candied cherry or dip balls in crushed nuts and press cherry into top. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.

SWEDISH BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add maple syrup; mix well.
• Combine the flour and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture.
• Divide the dough into eight portions; Roll each portion into a 9-inch log.
• Place 3-inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake at 300°F for 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cut into 1-inch slices (I use a pizza cutter and go through all on a sheet at once).
• Remove to wire racks to cool.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar.