Swedish Butter Cookies

Method4 steps · about 40 min

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   Step 1: Place the eggs (8) into a saucepan with enough water to cover by 1 inch. Cover the saucepan, and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, remove from the heat and let the eggs stand in the hot water for 15 minutes. Pour out the hot water; cool the eggs under cold running water. Peel eggs, separate yolks from whites. Sieve or finely grate yolks. Reserve whites for another use.

   Eggs stand in water · 15 minUses 8 eggs

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   Step 2: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

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   Step 3: Beat the butter (2 cups) and sugar (1 cup) with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the egg yolks and the almond extract (1 ¼ teaspoons). Slowly mix in the flour (4 cups), just until incorporated. Use a spritz style cookie maker to press cookies onto prepared baking sheet.

   Uses 2 cups salted butter, softened · 1 cup white sugar · 1 ¼ teaspoons almond extract · 4 cups all-purpose flour · sieved cooked egg yolks

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   Step 4: Bake in the preheated oven just until the edges begin to brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

   Bake cookies · 10 minUses pressed unbaked cookies