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| Christmas cookies but maybe too good to save just for Christmas? |
Today is my little sister's birthday and in our household, although Advent has begun, we have lit the first candle, the star is in the window to welcome passersby and the kitchen is full of Christmas cheer, from tonight onwards we can begin to buy and wrap presents. It has always been an unspoken rule that we wait for Nina to have her birthday celebrations and then can begin Christmas in earnest. Do you have any December birthdays in your household, if so what do you do to ensure the day is separated to the run-up to Christmas?
SECOND COOKIE BAKE OF THE SEASON
The below cookies are vanilla flavoured and not the typical spiced type that we come to expect of Norwegian Christmas baking, although vanilla does feature heavily in the Scandinavian kitchen. These are my husbands favourite, he says they have a gentle crunch and then they melt in the mouth. Give then a try and tell me what you think. Love to hear from you.
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| Roll out cookie dough into sausages |
Vaniljestenger
♥ 250g softened butter
♥ 180g sugar
♥ 1 large egg
♥ 2 tablespoon of vanilla sugar or 2 drops of vanilla essence
♥ 350g plain flour
Decoration
♥ 1 egg white
♥ 50g chopped almonds
♥ 7 tablespoons of bakers sugar or the largest grains of sugar you can find
Method
♥ Whisk the butter and sugar together until a smooth consistency.
♥ Add egg and continue to whisk.
♥ Sift the flour and vanilla sugar into the mixture and then knead to a soft dough.
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| Cut each cookie sausage on the diagonal |
♥ Divide the mixture into eight equal parts. Roll each one onto a sausage shape to fit across a baking sheet covered with greaseproof paper. You should be able to fix 4 on each of the two baking sheets.
♥ Gently press your finger along each dough of sausage to flatten the top.
♥ Brush each sausage with egg white and drizzle on the baker's sugar and the chopped almonds.
♥ Bake in a preheated oven of 180 degrees Celcius for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
♥ Cool for a few minutes on a wire rack and then cut each sausage into cookie size cutting on the
diagonal, see photo for clarification.
♥ Place in an airtight jar. They will last for up to 10-12 days if you can resist not eating them all before!
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| Vanilla cookies have a gentle crunch and then melt in the mouth |
♥ Do you have a family favourite cookie recipe you care to share? ♥
Mmm, they look and sound delicious. Vanilla is one of my favourite flavours, so I'm writing down the recipe.
ReplyDeleteOoh good CJ. do let me know what you think when you have made them. Hope they live up to expectations, John certainly loves them.
DeleteLooks good, I have finished all my Christmas baking.
ReplyDeleteCrikey mamma, now I feel behind!!!
DeleteYum! I really must get cracking. x
ReplyDeleteDo Karen, they are scrumptious!
DeleteThose look delicious and right up my ally. We celebrate our Daughter-in-love's birthday on December 3rd. Our anniversary is December 6th and our daughter's birthday is December 27. A good full month with the joy of Christmas all around us.
ReplyDeleteGosh, yes, what a full month you have. but such lovely events too all family orientated. Hope you enjoy the biscuits Ellen x
DeleteThese sound delicious! I'm glad your recipes are always here on the blog. I'll be looking them up one day. My third brother was born in December. Mum and Dad never let his birthday get lost in the holiday busyness. There was always a birthday cake and a gift. ~ Linne
ReplyDeleteAnother December birthday, there are many of them! Glad his was celebrated in style and yes Linne I find it useful too that the recipes are here!
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