Sand Tart Cookies Recipes

SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Beat butter in large bowl until light. Beat in 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Add flour and mix until just blended. Stir in nuts. Shape dough into a ball, then flatten into a disc. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (170 degrees C). Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place on prepared sheets, spacing evenly. Bake about 20 minutes, or until firm and lightly colored.
• Sift 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Transfer cookies to confectioners' sugar while still warm and roll gently to coat. Immediately transfer cookies to plastic bag and seal (this makes the cookies sweat and form an icing). Let stand 5 minutes in the bag. Transfer to rack and cool.

SANDBAKKELSE (SAND TARTS)

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add egg and extracts. Blend in flour. Cover and chill for 1-2 hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 375°. Using ungreased sandbakkelse molds, press 1 tablespoon dough into each mold. Bake cookies in molds until they appear set and just begin to brown around the edges, 10-12 minutes. Cool cookies for 2-3 minutes in molds. When cool to the touch, remove from molds. To remove more easily, gently tap with a knife and carefully squeeze the sides of the mold.

SAND TART COOKIE RECIPE, PA DUTCH COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter, add sugar and beat until fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
• Combine dry ingredients and add to butter mixture. Mix until combined.
• Wrap the dough into parchment paper and chill in the refrigerator for at least two hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350°.
• Spread the chilled dough onto a floured countertop. Roll it out to about 1/8" thick (adding flour as needed to keep the cookies from sticking).
• Using cookie cutters, cut them into shapes and carefully transfer the cookies to greased or parchment-lined baking sheets.
• Brush each cookie top with well-beaten egg wash.
• Sprinkle the tops of the cookies with cinnamon/sugar mixture and place a pecan or walnut halve on top, or sprinkle with chopped nuts. Or if you prefer, sprinkle the tops with Christmas sprinkles.
• Bake for 8 - 10 minutes. Let them rest for about a minute then transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.

SAND TART COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix the eggs, butter, and sugar.
• Gradually add the flour.
• Form several balls and refrigerate.
• Roll out the dough.
• Cut out cookies.
• Decorate with sugar.
• Bake 350 degrees for about 8 minutes (depends on how thin you roll out your dough and how well done you like your cookies).

MEMA'S SAND TART COOKIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Creme butter & sugar
• Add eggs and vanilla
• blend well
• Mix flour and salt together
• Add to mixture
• Chill mixture
• Roll mixture on floured board 1/8"-1/4 thick
• Cut into shapes
• brush with milk
• sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top
• Add almond slice
• Bake 450 degrees 8-10 min on greased cookie sheet

SAND TARTS

Steps:

• Stir together butter and 1 cup sugar vigorously with a wooden spoon in a large bowl until combined well, then stir in whole egg and vanilla until smooth. Add flour and stir until just incorporated.
• Transfer dough to a 24-inch-long sheet of wax paper. Using sheet as an aid, roll dough into a 12-inch-long log (2 inches wide). Chill, wrapped in wax paper, until firm, at least 4 hours.
• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets with additional butter.
• Stir together cinnamon and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl.
• Cut chilled log crosswise into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick slices, arranging slices about 1 inch apart to fill both baking sheets (chill remainder of log wrapped in wax paper). Lightly brush sliced cookies with some egg white, then sprinkle with some of cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Bake cookies, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until edges are golden, 12 to 15 minutes total. Cool on sheets 3 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough, cooling and greasing baking sheets between batches.

SAND TART COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream together brown sugar and butter. Slowly add beaten eggs until fully incorporated. Slowly add in flour. Separate dough into four sections and store each section in wax/parchment paper and refrigerate overnight.
• With a rolling pin, roll each section to one-eighth inch on a well-floured board. Hint: Keep the dough as cold as possible.
• Using a one-and-a-half inch circle cutter, cut cookies and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet about one inch apart. Brush each cookie with beaten egg wash. Sprinkle each cookie lightly with cinnamon and place one piece of walnut on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for eight minutes. The cookies will be slightly browned on the bottom when done. Place on a cookie rack to cool. Makes 16 dozen.