Swedish Tea Cookies

Name: Swedish Tea Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 60
Cuisine: Nordic, Scandinavian, European
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 296 milliliters confectioners sugar; 3 Tbsps evaporated milk; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters granulated sugar for decoration; 79 milliliters light cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Swedish Tea Cookies might be a good recipe to expand your dessert repertoire. This recipe serves 60. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 46 calories. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, confectioners' sugar, cream, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

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Oven

Cut 1 cup of the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the cream and form the dough into a ball.

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Butter

Cream

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Roll dough out 1/2 inch thick and cut with a small round cutter.

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Dough

Roll

Roll cut circles in granulated sugar and place on ungreased cookies sheets. Prick cookies a few times with a fork.

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Granulated Sugar

Roll

Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes.

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Oven

Let cookies cool before frosting.

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Frosting

To Assemble: Frost bottoms of half of the cookies and place the remaining cookies on top to make sandwich cookies.

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Sandwich Cookies

To Make Buttercream Frosting: Beat 1/2 cup of the butter until fluffy. Gradually add the confectioners' sugar. Beat in the evaporated milk and the vanilla. Adjust milk and confectioners' sugar amounts to get buttercream to a good spreading consistency.

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Powdered Sugar