Minnesota Cookies
Intro: Minnesota Cookies
This cookie recipe has been passed down through the women in my family. They are called Minnesota Cookies and they are short bread cookies with jam filling. Makes approx. 50 cookies.
You will need a cookie press to give your cookies the decorated finish!
STEP 1: Make Dough
Ingredients:
1 cup of butter (2 sticks)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups of sugar
3 cups of flour
jelly or jam (flavor of choice)
non-food materials: cookie press - use star attachment
Mix butter, eggs, sugar, and vanilla together. Once smooth add in flour 1/2 a cup at a time.
When all the ingredients are mixed let the dough sit out for 15 minutes. In my experience this makes the dough firmer and the cookies chewier.
STEP 2: Using Cookie Press
You can buy a cookie press at most kitchen supply stores and online. Many of the newer models operate and look like a caulk gun - this is what I use currently. My mom has one of the really old school cookie presses.
To fill the cookie press take a handful of dough and roll it in the palm of your hands so it looks like a snake. This will help it easily slide into the cookie press tube. Once the dough is in (and not hanging out the end) put the star attachment on the top and secure it with the front ring.
STEP 3: Using Cookie Press 2
You will get the hang of this over time. I get very particular about the size of my cookies.
STEP 4: Adding Jam
Put a little jam on the tip of a knife and use the knife to put the jam in indents of the cookies.
STEP 5: Baking
Let cool for 15 minutes and enjoy!
12 Comments
michele.johnson.7359 9 years ago
delish ... send pics soon ... using red hots instead of jelly
lucek 11 years ago
Excuse the crapieness of my camera.
greendayownseverything 13 years ago
lucek 11 years ago
but for an example All Purpose Flour 1 cup=~110 grams
so a quick conversion of this recipe is,
Ingredients:
225 g of butter
2 eggs
5 ml vanilla
340g of sugar
330g of flour
jelly or jam (flavor of choice)
NehemiahNesheim 13 years ago
Carleyy 13 years ago
Pugofstardock 13 years ago
only they are flattened balls (to half the height) with an hole in the middle going about 50% of the depth filled with the jam
before the jam we coat the upper side with some stirred eg on it and dip them in almond slivers
lukevn 13 years ago
Dr Qui 13 years ago
One of those eat the whole packet biscuits, yours look like the type you would scoff the lot with a nice big cup of tea.
chrisj55432 13 years ago
Carleyy 13 years ago
Senior Waffleman 13 years ago