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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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This is a favourite cookie at Christmas. Some people prefer the dough rolled in chopped pecans and when removed from the oven, frosted with melted chocolate. *Lemon icing is more Norwegian. Ingredients:
1 cup butter |
1/3 cup of powdered sugar |
3/4 cup of cornstarch |
1 cup sifted flour |
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts (*do not put in dough) |
Directions:
1. Blend butter and sugar until light, add cornstarch, and flour.
2. Chill dough, but not too long.
3. Shape dough into l inch balls.
4. Scatter the chopped nuts on a piece of wax paper.
5. Put the dough ball on the nuts and roll, flatten with bottom of small glass.
6. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
8. When cool, frost:
9. 1 cup confectioners sugar
10. 1 tsp. butter
11. Juice of half a lemon.
12. (Recipe from Cookbook of Bethany Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls, SD)
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