Swedish Caraway Cookies Food

CARAWAY COOKIES - KOKOSNøDKAGER

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add unbeaten eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Add buttermilk with soda and flour.
• Add caraway seeds.
• Chill for a few hours.
• Roll out to ½-inch thickness and cut with a cookie cutter.
• Sprinkle with sugar and bake 20 minutes in a preheated 350º oven.

SUPER-SIZED SWEDISH MEATBALLS WITH TOASTED CARAWAY GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a baking sheet by greasing it with nonstick cooking spray or lining it with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the meatballs and mix well to combine (note that the mixture will be rather wet at first as a result of all the eggs - just keep mixing it and it will come together). Using a large spoon or ice-cream scoop, portion the mixture into large meatballs (about 1/4 cup each) and arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Bake the meatballs until golden brown and cooked through, 22 to 25 minutes.
• While the meatballs are baking, place a medium pot over medium heat with the butter. Add the caraway seeds to the melted butter and toast until aromatic, about 1 minute. Sprinkle the flour over the butter and cook, stirring well, to make a smooth paste, about 1 minute. Add the beef stock to the pot and bring the liquids up to a bubble, whisking frequently. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer the gravy, stirring occasionally, until thickened and aromatic, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve the meatballs topped with the gravy and a hearty dollop of lingonberry jam.

SWEDISH CARAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar.
• Add egg and vanilla.
• Mix caraway seeds and nuts with flour and add.
• Form into roll and chill, then slice.
• Bake on greased cookie sheet 12- 15 min at 375.

SWEDISH HEIRLOOM CRUMBLE COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream shortening and butter at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add 1 cup confectioners sugar and salt; mix well.
• Stir in flour. Add water, vanilla extract and almonds, stirring well.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten. Bake at 325 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes or until done.
• Dredge warm cookies in confectioners' sugar.

SWEDISH RYE MUFFINS WITH CARAWAY BUTTER

Steps:

• Stir together yeast, brown sugar, and 1/4 cup warm water in a large bowl until yeast is dissolved.
• Let stand until foamy, about 15 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.).
• Whisk together rye flour, 1 cup white flour, zest, salt, anise seeds, cumin, and 1/2 teas. caraway seeds.
• Add flour mixture along with melted butter, molasses, and remaining 3/4 cup warm water to yeast mixture and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed 5 minutes.
• Reduce speed to low and add 1/2 cup white flour, beating until combined.
• Add remaining 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoons white flour and beat until incorporated. (Dough will be very sticky.)
• Scrape down dough from side of bowl with a rubber spatula and let rise, bowl covered tightly with plastic wrap, in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F
• Butter muffin pans.
• Stir down dough (it will be too sticky to punch down).
• Divide dough evenly among 24 muffin cups, about a rounded tablespoon per cup. (Grease tablespoon with oil as necessary to prevent sticking.)
• Let dough rest, uncovered, in a draft-free place at warm room temperature 30 minutes.
• Gently brush tops of muffins with some of egg wash, then sprinkle with sea salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon caraway seeds.
• Bake until muffins are puffed and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes.
• Turn out muffins onto a rack and cool to warm or room temperature.
• Serve with Caraway Butter or as suggested in description.

LEMON CARAWAY SEED COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• 2. Sift the flour and salt into a mixing bowl. With a pastry cutter, cut butter pieces into dry ingredients until it resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest.
• 3. Add the egg and the Caraway Seeds or Poppy Seeds into dough. Knead dough and bring together to form a soft dough.
• 4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the cookie dough thinly and then cut out rounds (about 36). You can flour a rim of a glass and cut the pieces if you don't have a circular cookie or biscuit cutter.
• 5. Transfer the cookies to the cookie sheets, brush lightly with a beaten egg and sprinkle with raw sugar. Optional but it does provide a crunch and sweetness.
• 6. Bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for 10-15 minutes, until cookies are crisp and lightly golden in color. Cool and enjoy!

SCANDINAVIAN RYE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Stir together yeast, brown sugar, and ¼ cup warm water in a large bowl until yeast is dissolved. Let stand until foamy, about 15 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, discard and start over with new yeast.)
• Whisk together rye flour, 1 cup all-purpose flour, zest, salt, anise seeds, cumin, and ½ teaspoon caraway seeds. Add flour mixture along with melted butter, molasses, and remaining ¾ cup warm water to yeast mixture and beat with an electric mixer at medium speed 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low and add ½ cup all-purpose flour, beating until combined. Add remaining ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour and beat until incorporated. (Dough will be very sticky.) Scrape down dough from side of bowl with a rubber spatula and let rise, bowl covered tightly with plastic wrap, in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled in bulk, about 1½ hours.
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter muffin pans.
• Stir down dough (it will be too sticky to punch down). Divide dough evenly among 24 muffin cups, about a rounded tablespoon per cup. (Grease tablespoon with oil as necessary to prevent sticking.) Let dough rest, uncovered, in a draft-free place at warm room temperature 30 minutes. Gently brush tops of muffins with some of egg wash, then sprinkle with sea salt and remaining ¼ teaspoon caraway seeds.
• Bake until muffins are puffed and a wooden pick or skewer inserted into center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Turn out muffins onto a rack and cool to warm or room temperature.
• Cooks' Notes:
• Dough can be made (but not allowed to rise) 1 day ahead and chilled, bowl wrapped tightly in plastic wrap. Put chilled dough in muffin pan as directed and let rise 1 hour, then proceed with recipe.
• Muffins can be made 2 days ahead and cooled completely, uncovered, then kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
• Muffins keep, frozen in sealed plastic bags, 2 weeks. Reheat on a baking sheet in a preheated 350°F oven until muffins are heated through, 8 to 10 minutes for frozen.

SHAKER CARAWAY COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Blend in eggs.
• In a separate bowl sift together dry ingredients.
• Gradually blend dry mixture into egg mixture.
• (If dough is sticky, add a bit more flour) chill dough.
• Roll out dough very thin on floured surface and cut rounds.
• Bake 375 oven on greased cookie sheet for approximately 10 minutes.