Aunt Bevs Scandinavian Butter Cookies Food

AUNT EILEEN'S CHRISTMAS BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, using a hand beater. Beat in the egg and then the vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just incorporated. Roll the dough into a log, on a work surface, wrap in parchment and chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Put 2 cookie sheets in the refrigerator to chill as well.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and slice into 1/4-inch rounds. Arrange 2 inches apart on the chilled cookie sheets and bake until lightly golden on the edges, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the cookie sheets and put on a cooling rack to cool before serving.

SCANDINAVIAN BROWNED BUTTER COOKIES "DREAMS"

Steps:

• In a heavy skillet, over medium-low heat, without stirring, melt the butter and allow it to brown (it should take about 15 minutes).
• Strain the browned butter through a fine sieve into a metal mixing bowl.
• Place over a bowl of cold water and chill until firm.
• Stir in the sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, cardamom, and salt.
• Beat until light and fluffy.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Slowly blend in the flour until the dough is well blended and smooth.
• Roll the dough into small balls, using about 2 measuring teaspoons of dough for each one.
• Place the dough balls on ungreased baking sheets.
• Dip the almonds into the egg white, then press one into the centre of each cookie.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the cookies are set but not yet colored.
• Transfer to a wire rack and dust with powdered sugar.
• Approximately 70 cookies.
• Scandinavian Feasts.

AUNT LISL'S BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Then mix in the eggs, brandy, salt, vanilla, and flour. Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Roll out the dough to 1/8- inch thick. Preheat oven to 350 degree. You can either use cookie cutters or use the point of a toothpick like a knife to cut out cookies in any shapes you want. Once the cookies have been cut out, gently place them on the baking sheet. Then either brush them with egg yolk and sprinkle with nuts and raisins or brush with egg white and sprinkle with blue sugar. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula to gentle remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack or flat plate.

AUNT BEV'S SCANDINAVIAN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and press egg yolks through a sieve (I've beat them with the butter well, not using the sieve). Beat in sugar. Add flour and vanilla. Roll into balls, roll in pecan meal or cinnamon/sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Top with maraschino cherries. You can also thumb press before baking, and add jam....or thumb press, bake and add buttercream frosting (pink or blue are fun for baby showers.

AUNT BETZ COOKIES

Steps:

• Beat eggs. Combine eggs, sugar, and butter or margarine in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil and let cook on low for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Turn off heat. Add the crumbs, marshmallows and coconut.
• Spread mixture into a lightly buttered 9x13 inch dish.
• Melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter together and spread over the top of the bars. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into small squares to serve.

AUNT LISL'S BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Child: In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Then mix in the eggs, brandy, salt, vanilla, and flour. Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
• Adult with Child: Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Child: You can either use cookie cutters or use the point of a toothpick like a knife to cut out cookies in any shapes you want. Let your imagination run free; how about dreidels, Stars of David, candles with flames attached, the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel?
• Once you have cut out the cookies, gently place them on the baking sheet. Then either brush them with egg yolk and sprinkle with nuts and raisins or brush with egg white and sprinkle with blue sugar.
• Adult: Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula to gently remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack or flat plate.

AUNT BEV'S " WEIRD" HOT DOGS

Steps:

• Grill hot dogs until heated through. (I would not recommend just boiling but you could.).
• Toast buns while grilling the hot dogs.
• On each toasted bun, spread 1-2 T peanut butter.
• Split the hot dogs in half and place in buns.
• Top with 1 T each ketchup and sweet relish (or more to your taste).
• Enjoy a totally different experience!

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.

AUNT ANNIE'S SUGAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg together.
• In a large bowl, fully cream margarine and sugar together.
• Add soured milk alternately with the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture.
• Form dough into a ball, wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
• Cut the dough into quarters and roll out one quarter at a time (it rolls and cuts the best if it is chilled, so keep the remaining sections in the refrigerator until you're ready to use them).
• I use a pastry mat to cut my dough out on. I have never had a problem with the dough being sticky, but you can lightly flour your work surface, if necessary (beware that it might change the flavor a bit if you over flour).
• Transfer the cut out cookies to an ungreased baking sheet. I like to sprinkle a little sugar on the tops of them before baking. My children like to put sprinkles on top first. Or, you can leave them plain and put icing on afterwards. We have too big a sweet tooth here to eat them plain.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for 7-9 minutes. Do not brown!
• Enjoy!

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.

AUNT BEV'S CHICKEN HUNTINGTON

Steps:

• This dish can be made 2 ways.
• Quickest and easiest: Heat soups, chicken and cheese in pan on stove until cheese is melted, add noodles, heat through.
• Casserole method: Combine all ingredients in greased casserole, top with croutons, bake at 350 for about an hour.
• If you like it cheesier, add more.
• If it looks a little dry, you can add milk to it.

AUNT SIS'S STRAWBERRY TART COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl whisk together the flour, the sugar, and the salt, add the butter, and blend the mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Stir in the egg yolks, blend the mixture until it forms a dough, and chill the dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Let the dough soften slightly, roll level teaspoons of it into balls, and arrange the balls about 2 inches apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Using your thumb, make an indentation in the center of each ball, being careful not to crack the dough around the edges. (If the dough cracks, reroll it and try again.) Fill each indentation with about 1/4 teaspoon of the jam and bake the cookies in batches in the middle of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the edges are pale golden. Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 2 minutes, transfer them to racks, and let them cool completely. The cookies may be made 1 month in advance and kept frozen in airtight containers.

AUNT CORA'S WORLD'S GREATEST COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Combine the flour and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned at the edges. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheets for a minute before removing to wire racks to cool completely.