Moms Swedish Strips Recipe 455

MOM'S SWEDISH STRIPS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla, and salt, mix well. Add flour and combine. Place cookie batter on an ungreased 12"x15" cookie sheet and roll with a rolling pin to 1/4" thickness. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. While cookie is hot, spread thinly with jam and dust with icing sugar. Sprinkle with nuts. Press nuts gently into cookie to stick. Cut immediately into 1"x3" strips.

MY MOM'S SWISS STEAK

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Place steaks into the pot one at a time, quickly browning on each side. Remove steaks, and set aside. Add the onion to the pot, and cook over medium-low heat until wilted, about 3 minutes. Return the steaks to the pot, and add the tomatoes, mushrooms, celery and green pepper. Season with oregano and add the bay leaf.
• Cover the pot, and cook over medium-low heat for about 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is fork tender. If you wish to thicken the gravy, remove the meat to a plate. Stir together the cornstarch and water; stir into the pan juices. Let simmer for about 2 minutes to thicken. Return the beef to the pot.

MOM'S SWEDISH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Mix together well and fry off in batches.

MOM'S SWEDISH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Shape into 1-1/2-in. meatballs (about 36). In a large skillet over medium heat, brown meatballs in batches. Using a slotted spoon, remove to paper towels to drain, reserving drippings in pan., For gravy, stir flour into drippings; cook over medium-high heat until light brown (do not burn). Gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Stir in the consomme, Worcestershire sauce, pepper and salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened., Reduce heat to medium-low; return meatballs to pan. Cook, uncovered, 15-20 minutes longer or until meatballs are cooked through, stirring occasionally., Meanwhile, cook noodles according to package directions. Drain; toss with butter. Serve with meatball mixture; sprinkle with parsley.

MOM'S SWEDISH MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Take off any rings - your hands are going to get sloppy!
• If using instant potatoes, make them first.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, except for flour and milk, and mix well using your hands.
• Form into medium sized balls and roll in Wondra flour until coated.
• Place on baking pan coated w/ Pam about 1-2 inches apart.
• Bake for eight minutes, then turn meatballs over and bake for another eight minutes.
• Put meatballs in a large casserole dish and pour evaporated milk all over. Sprinkle additional nutmeg over the entire dish.
• Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve hot over egg noodles.

SWEDISH BUTTER STRIPS OR MAPLE PECAN STRIPS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (360° at high altitude).
• In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and salt; blend in remaining ingredients.
• Divide dough into 4 equal parts, and shape into 12" rolls.
• Place 3" apart on ungreased cookie sheets, and flatten with a floured fork to 1/4" high.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes or until delicately browned (golden) at the edges.
• Cool for a few minutes and cut with a sharp knife into 1" diagonals.

MOM'S SWEDISH STYLE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Soak breadcrumbs in cream 5 minutes,or until very soggy.
• Meanwhile, in a small skillet, melt 2 tsp butter and sauté onion until soft and tender.
• Combine meats well (if you can't get each type, that's ok- just end up with 1 1/2 pounds ground meat total).
• Add soaked bread crumbs mixture, sautéed onion, egg, parsley, salt, pepper, and spices to taste to the meat mixture.
• Mix well until combined.
• Cover and chill meat mixture for 30 minutes to firm up.
• Form about thirty 1 1/2" size meatballs (using a meatball scoop).
• Brown meatballs in 1-2 Tbsp butter in a very large deep sided skillet until browned on all sides, but not cooked all the way through yet; then remove from skillet using a slotted spoon and set aside in a covered dish to keep warm.
• Combine boiling water,coffee powder and crumbled bouillon cube together until blended.
• In the hot drippings from the pan, add 2 Tbsp butter and stir until melted.
• Whisk in 2 Tbsp flour, sprinkling in the flour gradually so it doesn't clump and whisking vigorously until blended.
• Whisk in the coffee mixture and cook and stir until gravy thickens and bubbles, over medium or medium-high heat.
• Add meatballs to the pan, cover,lower heat to medium low, and let meatballs cook in the gravy until fully cooked (approx 30-40 minutes), stirring occasionally.