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: 44 cookies
Calories: 107cal
Cost: $4
Equipment
- 2 medium baking sheets
- parchment paper
- standmixer *fitted with paddle attachment
- Measuring Cups & spoons
- tablespoon cookie scooper
- food processor *to finely grind nuts
Ingredients
- 16 tablespoons butter softened (2 sticks)
- 2 cups confectionery sugar divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 large egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract *can double vanilla extract if you do not like almond extract
- 1½ cups chopped walnuts finely ground in food processor
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325℉.
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a standmixer, 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.
- Scoop tablespoon-sized balls of dough and shape into crescents. Add them to the cookie sheets (about an inch apart)- these do not spread so each sheet can fit 12-15 cookies.
- Bake for 16-18 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: 107cal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 134IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.4mg