Swedish Heirloom Cookies with Walnuts
Delight your family with traditional Swedish Heirloom Cookies with Walnuts. Featuring a melt-in-your-mouth shortbread texture, a double-coating of sweet confectioners' sugar, and a heavy crunch of chopped walnuts, these classic holiday cookies are wonderfully easy to bake and guaranteed to become a seasonal favorite.
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 131cal
Cost: $4
Ingredients
- 2 cups white flour
- 16 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 cups confectionery sugar divided
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 large egg large
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1½ cups chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325℉.
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, cream together the softened butter, and 1 cup of confectionery sugar.
- Add in the flour, salt, egg, extracts, and water.
- Fold in the chopped nuts.
- Form crescents and small heaping tablespoon balls of dough on the cookie sheets- these do not spread so each sheet can fit 12-15 cookies.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until the bottoms are golden brown.
- Roll warm cookies in confectionery sugar. Repeat process until all cookies are baked/coated.
Notes
Nutritional values may vary and are meant to be a guide.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 131cal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 164IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.5mg