Finnish Cookies / Danish Finsk Broed

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (375 g)
• 1/2 cup sugar (85 g)
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs, divided, note
• 1/4 cup almonds, skinned (best if freshly skinned whole almonds are used instead of pre-skinned in a package)
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix flour and sugar in a bowl, cut the butter in small pieces and cut it into the flour mixture.
• 2 whip one egg and add to the dough, gather the dough quickly. if you find the dough is too dry you can add a bit of water to help gather the dough.
• 3 divide the dough into 4 portions and roll the dough into long ropes about as thick as your finger. flatten the 'ropes' and cut them into 2 inch long cookies.
• 4 place the cookies on cookie sheets lined with parchment paper and let them rest in a cool place for at least one hour.
• 5 meanwhile - chop the almonds roughly and mix them with 1 tbsp sugar.
• 6 whip one egg.
• 7 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 8 brush the cookies with egg and dust with almond/sugar mix.
• 9 bake the cookies for 12-15 min at 400 f until golden.