A simple butter and walnut sugar cookie decorated with colored sugar.
Ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
red and/or green colored sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and extracts; beat until light and fluffy. Add flour and nuts and beat until just moistened. Cover and chill until firm enough to handle. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Flatten with a glass dipped in water then colored sugar. Bake until cookies are set, about 8 minutes.
Notes
- With apologies to Norway, there are many different traditional Norwegian cookies, and we don’t know what these particular ones are actually called in Norwegian! If you know, feel free to let us know in a review, below.
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