European Recipe ⤏ Fork Cookies

A standard Swedish butter cookie recipe.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup sifted all-purpose flour
• ½ cup butter
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Cream the butter and 2 tablespoons of sugar until light and fluffy, then stir in the egg yolk. Add the flour and mix until well blended.
3. Combine the 1/2 cup sugar with the cinnamon. Roll the dough into balls the size of small olives and roll in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Place cookies on a cookie sheet and press criss-cross with a fork until cookies are 1/3 inch thick.
4. Bake for 10 minutes, or until light brown.

Nutrition Facts

• calories35.6
• carbohydrateContent4.2 g
• cholesterolContent9.4 mg
• fatContent2 g
• fiberContent0.1 g
• proteinContent0.3 g
• saturatedFatContent1.3 g
• sodiumContent13.8 mg
• sugarContent2.6 g