Easy Swedish Butter Cookies (Kolasnittar)
These kolasnittar, or Swedish butter cookies, are crispy along the edges but soft in the middle, and they have a lovely hint of maple.
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Servings: 40 cookies
Ingredients
- 14 tbsp butter (softened)
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp honey
- 2 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- coarse sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°) and line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- Cream the softened butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, baking powder, maple syrup, and honey. Mix until smooth. You can use an electric mixer if you prefer.
- Add the flour and stir until the cookie dough comes together in coarse crumbs. Then use your hands to knead the dough together into a large ball.
- Divide the dough into four equal pieces and roll each one out into a log just a bit shorter than your baking sheet.
- (Optional) sprinkle the logs with coarse sugar. Bake two at a time in the middle of the oven for about 18 minutes, until the edges just begin to turn golden. Let the logs cool for two minutes before slicing into cookies.