Norwegian Sugar Cookies Recipes

NORWEGIAN BUTTER COOKIES (SERINAKAKER)

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line one or two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, mix together softened butter (1.5 cups), baking powder (1/2 teaspoon), kosher salt (1/2 teaspoon), and flour (4 cups) with an electric hand mixer until well blended and the texture resembles coarse sand.
• Add the sugar (1.5 cups) and mix until well combined.
• Add the vanilla extract (2 teaspoons) and almond extract (1/2 teaspoon) and two of the eggs, then mix until well combined.
• Using a small cookie scoop, measure out equal portions of the dough and roll into balls. Place on baking sheet and, using your thumb, press on the center of each ball to create a small indentation (if you find that the dough is too sticky, keep a small bowl of water next to you to dip your thumb into every so often).
• Beat remaining egg in a small bowl and brush the tops and sides of each indented cookie with the egg. Sprinkle with the almonds.
• Bake for 16 minutes, or until cookies are only JUST beginning to brown.

NORWEGIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add egg and extracts; beat until well. Add flour and nuts; beat just until moistened. Cover and chill 1 hour or until firm enough to handle., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten to 1/4-in. thickness with a glass dipped in colored sugar. Sprinkle with additional sugar if desired. Bake until cookies are set, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

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.

NORWEGIAN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Beat together butter, sugar, and extracts in a large bowl with an electric mixer at moderately high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and beat well. Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just combined.
• Quarter dough and put 1 piece into cookie press. Holding press slightly above ungreased baking sheets, squeeze out dough to form cookies (follow manufacturer's instructions), spacing them about 3 inches apart. Form more cookies with remaining dough in same manner.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool.

NORWEGIAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and 1-1/3 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips., Divide dough into 4 portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 15-in. rope. Place 2 ropes 4 in. apart on a parchment-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan; flatten each with a fork to 1/4-in. thickness. Mix cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle about 2 teaspoons mixture over each rectangle. Repeat with remaining ropes., Bake 15-17 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes; immediately cut each rectangle into 1-in. slices. Remove to wire racks to cool.

NORWEGIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Stir in flour and almond extract.
• Chill dough 1-2 hours.
• Make balls the size of small walnuts.
• Flatten balls on cookie sheet with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
• Press a ½ of a cherry onto each cookie.
• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes until edges are light brown.
• Do not over bake.
• You can sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.