Norwegian Butter Cookies

Excellent as either drop cookies or cookie press cookies. Try using lemon extract in place of the vanilla for a citrusy punch!

Original recipe makes 1 dozen

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1/4 cup white sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Hard boil the eggs and separate the yolks. Cream the butter and hard boiled egg yolks. Beat in the sugar and add the flour vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly. Put through a cookie press or arrange by teaspoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets.
  3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Nutrition

Calories: 134 kcal
Carbohydrates: 12.2 g
Cholesterol: 56 mg
Fat: 8.6 g
Fiber: 0.3 g
Protein: 2.2 g
Sodium: 66 mg