Swedish Dream Cookies Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, shortening and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Stir in flour and baking soda by hand. Mix in pecans and coconut.
• Roll cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 9 to 10 minutes or till the edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Steps:

• To make dream cookies: in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• Add the canola oil slowly while mixing with the mixer.
• Mix flour and baking powder in separate bowl.
• Stir in flour mixture by hand to form a smooth dough.
• Place the dough in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 300 F (150°C).
• Roll dream cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place them 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the dream cookies are lightly browned with cracks on the surface.
• Note: Do not open the oven until cookies are done!

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, cardamom, and salt in a bowl.
• Put the butter and confectioners' sugar in a food processor, and process until smooth. Pulse in the egg, vanilla, and lemon zest until combined. Add the flour mixture and process to make a soft buttery dough. Divide the dough in half onto 2 (12-inch long) sheets of plastic wrap. Using the plastic, shape into rough logs. Refrigerate the dough logs for 30 minutes until just firm enough to shape into uniform logs, 8-inches long by 2-inches in diameter. Refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Scatter either the sanding sugars or toasted nuts on a work surface and roll the logs until completely coated. Cut into 1/4-inch thick cookies and space about 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until golden around the edges, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool cookies on the pan on wire racks. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.

Steps:

• Sift together flour and salt.
• Beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in ammonium carbonate and almond extract until combined well. Mix in flour mixture at low speed just until blended, then stir in coconut. Form dough into a disk and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls and arrange 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets.
• Bake cookies in batches in upper third of oven until pale golden around edges, 18 to 22 minutes. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool.

Steps:

• Cut butter into flour until it resembles cornmeal.
• Stir in cream until combined.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface.
• Roll to 1/8 inch thickness.
• Cut into circles using a 2 inch round cookie cutter.
• Before baking, prick with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.
• Bake at 375 F for 8-10 mins on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Place two cookies together (sandwich-style) using you favorite butter cream frosting tinted to celebrate the season.
• Note: I like recipe #19353 Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting,

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together shortening and butter. Gradually add sugar and almond extract. Mix on high speed for 10 minutes.
• In a small bowl, dissolve the baker's ammonia with the boiling water, adding the water a little at a time. Add this to the butter mixture.
• Stir in the flour and coconut . Mix well.
• Drop cookies from a teaspoon onto a well greased cookie sheet. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F ( 175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together shortening and butter. Gradually add sugar and almond extract. Mix on high speed for 10 minutes.
• In a small bowl, dissolve the baker's ammonia with the boiling water, adding the water a little at a time. Add this to the butter mixture.
• Stir in the flour and coconut . Mix well.
• Drop cookies from a teaspoon onto a well greased cookie sheet. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 9 to 11 minutes. Cookies should be set but not brown. Let cookies cool on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing.

Steps:

• Mix margarine and flour until crumbly.
• Gradually add half and half.
• Roll out dough and cut with a 1 1/2 inch cutter. (Simple shapes like circles and stars work easiest).
• Dip in granulated sugar.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 7-9 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter and mix with the yolk, vanilla, and gradually add in the powdered sugar. You can divide this into separate bowls if you want more than one color of frosting.
• Spread frosting between cooled cookies.