They are delicate and melt-in-your-mouth with subtle almond and vanilla flavors, and are so pretty sprinkled with sliced and chopped almond pieces. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat together butter, sugar, and extracts in a large bowl with an el Serinakaker are Norwegian butter cookies with a soft pillowy texture, decorated with either pearl sugar or slivered almonds.

Ingredients of Norwegian Butter Cookies

  1. You need 1 cup of Soft butter.
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Powdered sugar.
  3. You need 2 cup of Flour.
  4. You need 3/4 cup of Walnuts.
  5. Prepare 2 tsp of Vanilla.

Norwegian Butter Cookies step by step

  1. Blend all ingredients. (But not the sugar!).
  2. Roll into small balls and flatten slightly with a fork..
  3. Bake 15 min at 325*F or until edges begin to brown..
  4. Dip in powdered sugar..

Would you like any chocolate in the recipe? Despite the name, most people agree that Berlinerkranser ("Berlin wreaths") are Norwegian cookies. It is hard to find a traditional Norwegian or Norwegian-American cookbook that doesn't have a recipe for these buttery Christmas favorites. According to my dad, after many other recipies were tested, this is the closest to his grandmother's Norwegian Butter Cookie recipe that he remembers from every Christmas growing up. His family is from the Chicago area, with a very large Norwegian/Swedish population.

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