SCANDINAVIAN PECAN COOKIES
We enjoyed these rich, buttery cookies at a bed-and-breakfast in Galena, Illinois, and the hostess was kind enough to share her simple recipe. The pretty nut-topped treats are so special you could give a home-baked batch as a gift. -Laurie Knoke DeKalb, Illinois
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 5 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 5
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 60 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 26mg sodium, Carbohydrate 6g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
SCANDINAVIAN PECAN COOKIES
My good friend, who is from Northern Europe, shared this recipe with me. The outside of these light cookies are crusted with chopped pecans.
Provided by piano77
Categories Dessert
Time 24m
Yield 4 dozen cookies
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cream the butter, sugar, and egg yolk together until well combined.
- Gradually stir in the flour.
- Beat the egg white until frothy.
- Roll the dough into 1in. balls. Dip into the egg white, the roll in the chopped pecans.
- Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets; flatten slightly.
- Bake at 375*F (190*C) for 9-12 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 903.2, Fat 57.6, SaturatedFat 30.5, Cholesterol 168.5, Sodium 435.8, Carbohydrate 90.2, Fiber 3, Sugar 40.8, Protein 9.8
PECAN COOKIES
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream together sugar and butter. Stir in 1 egg and add other ingredients. Drop from a teaspoon onto parchment-lined cookie sheets at least 3 inches apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Cookies will spread, will be thin and subject to sticking. Remove carefully while still a little warm.
SCANDINAVIAN BUTTER COOKIES
Somehing is missing in this cookie-- sorry about that. Simple cookie to make! The topping changes the taste of the cookie.
Provided by BLUE ROSE
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 24-36 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 4
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 129.5, Fat 9, SaturatedFat 5.7, Cholesterol 24.2, Sodium 65.2, Carbohydrate 11.2, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 4.2, Protein 1.3
SUGAR COOKIES (SCANDINAVIAN)
Cardamom is a much-loved spice used in Scandinavian baking. These cookies make good use of it. Bake up a batch now to enjoy with your favourite ice cream or alone, with a glass of milk.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 4 dozen (approximately)
Number Of Ingredients 9
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 916.2, Fat 48.2, SaturatedFat 29.7, Cholesterol 174.9, Sodium 491.8, Carbohydrate 109.6, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 38, Protein 11.8
SCANDINAVIAN GINGER CITRON COOKIES
Swedish chef Marcus Samuelsson fondly remembers baking these cookies with his grandmother. And at his New York restaurant Aquavit, the deliciously chewy, spicy treats have been handed out as Christmas gifts. Adapted from Mom's Secret Recipe File, edited by Chris Styler. Recipe found in the Toronto Star web site.
Provided by Dreamer in Ontario
Categories Drop Cookies
Time 41m
Yield 60 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- Toast ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves in small skillet on medium heat, stirring frequently, until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes then remove from heat.
- Sift flour, toasted spices, baking soda, salt and pepper into medium bowl.
- In large bowl, cream butter and sugars until fluffy, 2 minutes using electric mixer on medium speed.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, blending well.
- Beat in molasses scraping bowl as needed.
- On low speed, beat in flour mixture until moistened and clumped.
- Stir in citron.
- Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough and dollop onto prepared sheets, spaced at least 3 inches apart. (For tidier cookies, briefly toss each dollop in lightly greased hands to form an uneven round and return to sheets.).
- Bake on racks just above and below centre of preheated 350F oven until tops look dry, about 10 minutes, switching pans on racks at halftime. Remove from oven.
- Sit pans on cooling racks for 2 minutes.
- Gently transfer cookies to racks to cool completely.
- Repeat with remaining dough.
- Arrange cookies on serving platter and dust with icing sugar (if desired).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 78.3, Fat 2.2, SaturatedFat 1.3, Cholesterol 11.3, Sodium 106.3, Carbohydrate 13.9, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 7.5, Protein 1
SWEDISH PECAN-TOPPED DREAM COOKIES
Basically a sugar cookie wrapped around a pecan.
Provided by cakeeater567
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Scandinavian
Time 2h5m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Sift cake flour, salt, and baking powder into a medium bowl.
- Combine butter, sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Shape dough into a 1-inch diameter log, wrap with plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator until firm, 1 hour to overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Remove dough from the refrigerator and slice into 24 slices. Place on the prepared cookie sheets and press a pecan firmly into each slice.
- Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, about 40 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 92.9 calories, Carbohydrate 9.3 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 6 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 0.8 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 54.1 mg, Sugar 4.3 g
SCANDINAVIAN PECAN COOKIES
Make and share this Scandinavian Pecan Cookies recipe from Food.com.
Provided by taillightsinsightbb
Categories Dessert
Time 23m
Yield 48-60 cookies, 6-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a mixing bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and egg yolk.
- Gradually add flour.
- Roll into 1 inch balls.
- In a small bowl, beat egg white.
- Dip balls in egg white, then roll in pecans.
- Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Flatten slightly.
- Bake at 375°F for 8-12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
- Remove to wire racks to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 601.6, Fat 38.5, SaturatedFat 20.3, Cholesterol 116.6, Sodium 241.2, Carbohydrate 59.9, Fiber 2, Sugar 27, Protein 6.5
SWEDISH BUTTER STRIPS OR MAPLE PECAN STRIPS (COOKIES)
Make and share this Swedish Butter Strips or Maple Pecan Strips (Cookies) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by littleturtle
Categories Bar Cookie
Time 40m
Yield 48 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (360° at high altitude).
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt; blend in remaining ingredients.
- Divide dough into 4 equal parts, and shape into 12" rolls.
- Place 3" apart on ungreased cookie sheets, and flatten with a floured fork to 1/4" high.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until delicately browned (golden) at the edges.
- Cool for a few minutes and cut with a sharp knife into 1" diagonals.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 73.2, Fat 4.4, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 12, Sodium 46.4, Carbohydrate 8, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 3.8, Protein 0.9
SWEDISH WEDDING COOKIES
Found on vegweb.com. These cookies are a vegan adaptation of a recipe by the author's grandmother. Posted for ZWT6 so that the vegans in the tour have some recipe options :) The preparation time includes the chilling time.
Provided by Dreamer in Ontario
Categories Dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield 3 dozen, 36 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cream earth balance vegan margarine with 1/4 cup powdered sugar, add water and vanilla and mix.
- Add flour and mix well.
- Finally mix in pecans. (The batter will appear dry!).
- Form into 1-inch diameter balls, place on an ungreased cookie sheet and chill for one hour.
- Bake in a slow oven (roughly 300 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
- While still hot, roll in remaining confectioners' sugar.
- Store in an airtight container.
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