Pikkuleipienperustaikina Finnish Butter Cookie Dough Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
• Melt the butter in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Continue to cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the butter browns lightly and smells slightly nutty, about 15 minutes. Transfer the butter to a medium bowl -- be sure to get all the tasty brown bits -- and cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in another medium bowl.
• Whisk the egg yolk, sugar and vanilla into the cooled browned butter.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the butter mixture to make a uniform but crumbly dough that looks like wet sand.
• Scoop out dough with a small teaspoon (the kind you set the table with, not the ones you measure with). Rock spoon gently back and forth against the side of the bowl, packing the dough into the spoon, then scrape/slide the spoon against the inside of the bowl to make spoon-shaped cookies. Trim excess dough with your fingers and slide out onto the prepared pans, preserving their shape. (Try to make sure you form an even number of cookies, since these sandwich together.)
• Bake cookies until just browned, about 12 to 15 minutes. Cool almost completely on the baking sheets, and then transfer cookies to a rack to cool.
• When cool, spread 1/2 teaspoon jam on the flat side of a cookie, and then sandwich together with a second cookie. Repeat until all cookies have met their match. Lightly dust the cookies with the confectioners' sugar. Serve.
• Busy baker's tips: The dough can be prepared several hours ahead and stored at room temperature. Freeze baked cookie halves wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, followed by aluminum foil for up to 2 weeks. When ready to serve, defrost at room temperature and assemble as desired. Store sandwiches in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Do not store with crisp cookies, as moisture from the jam will soften the texture of other crisp cookies.
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Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in extract. Gradually add 1-1/4 cups flour. Knead in remaining flour. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours. , On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 in. thickness. Cut with a 1-1/2 to 2-in. cookie cutter; place on ungreased baking sheets. Beat egg white until foamy; brush over cutouts. Sprinkle with sugar and almonds. , Bake at 350° for 7-8 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool on wire racks.

Steps:

• Beat the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl with a mixer on low speed until combined. Increase the speed to medium high and beat until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Reduce the speed to low, add the toasted flour and beat until combined, about 30 seconds. Add the milk, increase the speed to medium and beat until creamy, about 30 seconds. Stir in the peanuts. Refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight.

Steps:

• Cream butter and 1/4 cups sugar.
• Stir in almond extract.
• Add 1 1/4 cups flour and mix well.
• Knead in remaining 3/4 cups flour.
• Cover and chill at least 2 hours.
• Roll out onto a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thickness.
• Cut with a 1 1/2-2 inch cookie cutter.
• Place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Beat egg white until foamy and brush over cookies.
• Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and almonds.
• Bake at 350 F until lightly browned, about 7-8 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
• Lightly grease a large baking sheet; set aside.
• Divide cookie dough into fourths.
• Rolling each between your hands and a lightly floured surface, shape into ropes, 1/2 inch thick.
• Cut crosswise in 2-inch slices.
• In a small shallow dish, beat egg until well blended and smooth.
• In another small bowl, combine almonds and sugar.
• Roll cookie slices or logs first in beaten egg, then in sugar mixture.
• Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on a rack.
• Note: A good sub for the sugar is vanilla sugar. You can find it in most gourmet or European markets. Or, you can make your own. Place a couple of vanilla beans with your sugar in a tightly sealed canister. The strength will depend on how long you leave it as well as the amount of sugar. It has a very delicate flavor.

Steps:

• Beat eggs with the sugar until light. Stif in melted butter, sour cream and brandy.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour, cookie crumbs, soda, baking powder and spices.
• Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Mix well. Dough will be very soft. Refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350. Make 1-inch balls with your hands. Put them on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or lightly greased.
• Bake until nicely browned, about 15 minutes. Let cookies dry at room temperature a day before storing them in airtight tins.

Steps:

• This will yield 2 cups of dough. If you are using it as a starter base, it will depend on the recipe as to how many cookies it will make. Using it by itself, it should yield about 7.5 dozen.
• Preheat oven to 350F (175C).
• Do not refrigerate cookie dough.
• Fill a cookie press with dough as manufacturer directs.
• Select plate and fit onto press.
• Press dough onto an ungreased baking sheet. Sprinkle with colored sugar.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or only until cookies are firm and lightly browned around edges. Do not overbake. Cool on a rack.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the syrup, cinnamon, allspice, pepper, cloves, ginger, butter, and sugar, and bring it to a boil.
• Remove the mixture from the heat, transfer it into a bowl, and let cool.
• Stir in the egg, cream, soda, and flour; cover and place in the refrigerator and let chill overnight.
• When ready to make cookies, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Roll the dough out very thin, using about 1/2 cup of the dough at a time and cut it into your desired shapes.
• Lightly grease a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes until the cookies are lightly brown, crisp but not too dark.
• Recipe makes about 8 dozen 2-inch cookies.