Norwegian Cookie Press Cookies Recipes

NORWEGIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add egg and extracts; beat until well. Add flour and nuts; beat just until moistened. Cover and chill 1 hour or until firm enough to handle., Preheat oven to 350°. Shape into 1-in. balls; place 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten to 1/4-in. thickness with a glass dipped in colored sugar. Sprinkle with additional sugar if desired. Bake until cookies are set, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

NORWEGIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Stir in flour and almond extract.
• Chill dough 1-2 hours.
• Make balls the size of small walnuts.
• Flatten balls on cookie sheet with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour.
• Press a ½ of a cherry onto each cookie.
• Bake at 350 for 15 minutes until edges are light brown.
• Do not over bake.
• You can sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.

NORWEGIAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and 1-1/3 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in chocolate chips., Divide dough into 4 portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 15-in. rope. Place 2 ropes 4 in. apart on a parchment-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan; flatten each with a fork to 1/4-in. thickness. Mix cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle about 2 teaspoons mixture over each rectangle. Repeat with remaining ropes., Bake 15-17 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes; immediately cut each rectangle into 1-in. slices. Remove to wire racks to cool.

COOKIE-PRESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, flour, salt, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
• Fill a cookie press with the dough, and turn out cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto an unbuttered baking sheet. Sprinkle cookies with colored sanding sugars.
• Bake until the cookies are lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes. To ensure even baking, rotate sheet halfway through the baking process. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool.

GRANDMA MAE'S NORWEGIAN BUTTER COOKIES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees 2.Cream butter until light and fluffy. 3.Add sugar and beat well. 4.Add eggs and vanilla and mix. 5.Add flour and salt and beat until combined. 6.Drop by small teaspoons onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper spacing about 2 inches apart. 7.Bake for 8 to 10 minutes and allow to cool on sheet before removing to a rack to finish cooling. 8.Note: I press the tops down slightly before baking and sprinkle with lemon sugar. Or you can leave and dust with powdered sugar once they are cool.

NORWEGIAN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Beat together butter, sugar, and extracts in a large bowl with an electric mixer at moderately high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and beat well. Add flour mixture and mix at low speed until just combined.
• Quarter dough and put 1 piece into cookie press. Holding press slightly above ungreased baking sheets, squeeze out dough to form cookies (follow manufacturer's instructions), spacing them about 3 inches apart. Form more cookies with remaining dough in same manner.
• Bake cookies in batches in middle of oven until edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes, then transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool.

NORWEGIAN BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a baking/cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour with baking powder and salt.
• In another bowl beat butter with 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, vanilla and almond extract until fluffy (about 3 minutes).
• Add in egg and beat until combined.
• Add in the flour mixture and beat on low speed until combined.
• Form the dough into 1-1/2-inch balls.
• Place the balls about 3-inches apart on the cookie sheet.
• Using back of a fork flatten to about 1/2 to 1/2-inch thick making criss-cross patterns.
• Bake for about 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
• Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
• When the cookies are cooled coat lightly in confectioners sugar if desired.

NORWEGIAN SOUR CREAM COOKIES RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Mix together your wet ingredients (butter, sugar, egg, sour cream and vanilla) until smooth. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Drop rounded spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Dip the bottom of a small glass into your bowl of cookie dough or smear a little dough on the glass. Dip the glass into cinnamon sugar. With the glass coated in sugar, lightly tap down each ball of dough on the sheet leaving a dusting of cinnamon sugar on the cookie. Continue with remaining dough. I sometimes use a spoon and sprinkle just a little more cinnamon sugar on each one as well. Bake for 10 minutes in a 400 degree fahrenheit oven.

NORWEGIAN COOKIE PRESS COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, flour, salt, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly. 2. Fill a cookie press with the dough, and turn out cookies 1 to 2 inches apart onto an unbuttered baking sheet. Sprinkle cookies with colored sanding sugars. 3. Bake until the cookies are lightly browned, 7 to 10 minutes. To ensure even baking, rotate sheet halfway through the baking process. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool.