Recipes: Finnish Ribbon Cakes
I'm going to type up a whole bunch of recipes to give to simkittensims and brilliantcat, and, as simkittensims' mom made me crave these ones, this recipe is first. XD
Oven Temp: 375F / 190C
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp lemon peel
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
Jam - use favorite flavor or strawberry
Make dough in usual fashion by creaming butter and sugar, then adding egg yolk, vanilla, and lemon peel. Add salt and then flour. Shape dough into logs approximately 3/4inch wide by 15 inches long (sorry metric people, you'll have to do your own calculations. I can work with both sets of numbers, but not when I'm baking). Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Use finger to make a lengthwise groove down center. DO NOT press finger all the way through. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Spoon jam into groove. Return to oven and bake until firm, 5 to 10 more minutes. When cool, cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Optional:
When still hot, drizzle with mixture of 1/2 cup powdered/icing sugar and 1 tbsp water.
(personally I think this makes them too sweet, but it does give them a more sophisticated air if you drizzle nice lines)
Oven Temp: 375F / 190C
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp lemon peel
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
Jam - use favorite flavor or strawberry
Make dough in usual fashion by creaming butter and sugar, then adding egg yolk, vanilla, and lemon peel. Add salt and then flour. Shape dough into logs approximately 3/4inch wide by 15 inches long (sorry metric people, you'll have to do your own calculations. I can work with both sets of numbers, but not when I'm baking). Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Use finger to make a lengthwise groove down center. DO NOT press finger all the way through. Bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Spoon jam into groove. Return to oven and bake until firm, 5 to 10 more minutes. When cool, cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces.
Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Optional:
When still hot, drizzle with mixture of 1/2 cup powdered/icing sugar and 1 tbsp water.
(personally I think this makes them too sweet, but it does give them a more sophisticated air if you drizzle nice lines)