Swedish Tea Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
⅓ cup light cream
⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration
½ cup butter
1 ¼ cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Nutrition Info

147.6 calories
carbohydrate: 13.9 g
cholesterol: 26.7 mg
fat: 9.9 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 1.1 g
saturatedFat: 6.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 68.5 mg
sugar: 7.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

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

  2. 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.

  3. Roll dough out 1/2 inch thick and cut with a small round cutter. Roll cut circles in granulated sugar and place on ungreased cookies sheets. Prick cookies a few times with a fork.

  4. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cookies cool before frosting.

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

  6. 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.

Recipe Yield

5 dozen

Recipe Note

Sandwich cookies perfect for an afternoon tea party.

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