Finnish Shortbread Sticks With A Twist: Spelt Flour Cookies
Imagine a not-too-sweet melt-in-your-mouth cookie. This is Finnish Shortbread Stick Cookies called Finska Pinnar in Swedish; a popular butter cookie sold in most bakeries in Sweden. This is a classic shortbread butter cookie. Sue Maree P style I have changed the traditional recipes and created my recipe with a blend of ground almonds, white spelt flour, and little sugar. There are many recipes using only wheat flour and more sugar. I like the balance of almonds and spelt flour and not too sweet. I have made them both with unsalted and salted butter. Also if you don't have access to bitter almond essence add vanilla essence instead.
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Recipe -
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Chapters
0:00 How to Make Finnish stick cookies with spelt flour
0:40 Blend all ingredients in a food processor or mix sugar and flour into the butter with your hands to form a dough
2:46 Blend for 3 x 30-second burst on high with the food processor
3:20 Transfer to a bowl and bring the last part together with your hands
3:50 Cover and chill in the fridge for 15-30 minutes
4:05 Preheat oven to 200˚C/ 180˚C fan or 390˚F/ 360˚F fan
4:20 Break off 1/4 of the dough and roll it into a thin log on a floured bench then press and cut into 4-6cm pieces
6:37 Brush egg white wash on top or water
7:17 Sprinkle chopped almonds and pearl sugar
8:00 Bake for 10 minutes then remove and allow to cool completely
8:05 taste test
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Dough
* Ground almonds – 35g, 1.2 oz (1/3 cup)
* Bitter almond essence – 3-4 drops
* Sugar – 35g, 1.2 oz (3 tbsp)
* Butter, softened – 200g, 7.1 oz (1/2 + 1/4 cup, together)
* White Spelt Flour – 250g, 8.8 oz (1 cup + 1/2 cup) maybe more for rolling
Brushing and decoration
* Egg white whisked – 1
* Chopped almonds – 1-2 tbs
* Pearl sugar or regular sugar – 1-2 tbsp
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Ricotta and butter dough with cranberry and port wine jam, and egg wash.
Christmas Recipe: Joulutorttu (Finnish Christmas Star Cookies)
Makes 24 servings
Ingredients
*Note that the dough must chill for at least 3 hours before using, preferably chill overnight.
For the Pastry
1 C (227 grams) unsalted butter, cold, cubed
1 C (225 grams) ricotta cheese
3 C (375 grams) unbleached all-purpose flour
1⁄4 C (60 grams) whole milk
1 tsp (3 grams) kosher salt To Make the Cookies
1⁄2 C prune jam (recipe below) or other thick jam
1 egg, lightly beaten
Powdered sugar (for dusting the finished cookies)
Instructions
For the Dough
In the work bowl of a food processor, place flour, cold cubed butter, and salt; pulse until mixture is crumbly. Add ricotta cheese and milk, and pulse until dough comes together. Divide dough into 3 equal portions. Shape each portion into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or at least 3 hours to chill.
To Shape And Bake
Preheat oven to 400F (approx. 200C). Line 3 rimmed sheet pans with parchment paper.
Working with one disk of dough at a time, roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Using a 3-inch square cutter, cut dough, and place on prepared pans. On each square, make 4 (1-inch) cuts at the corners diagonally toward the center (1/2 – 2/3 of the way to the center of the square). Place 1 tsp (7 grams) of prune jam in center of each cookie. Fold over every other tip over toward center, forming a pinwheel. Dab ends of tips with water to help adhere and prevent separation during baking. Lightly beat egg with a pinch of salt. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush tops of cookies with egg wash.
Bake until edges are just barely golden brown, 11 to 12 minutes. Let cool completely on pans for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Once the cookies cool, dust with confectioner’s sugar, if desired.
Store the cookies in an air-tight container on the counter for 3-4 days.
Prune Jam
Let the jam cool completely before using. Yield: 1 1/2 C of jam
Ingredients
1 C roughly chopped prunes
1⁄2 C sugar
Water (to cover)
Instructions
Place the prunes and sugar in a small saucepan. Add water to cover the prunes and bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat.
Simmer, uncovered, until the prunes are very soft and mixture is jammy, 20-30 min. (Add water as necessary during the simmering so the mixture doesn’t become too dry.)
Remove the pan from the heat and let the jam cool before using.
NOTE: These cookies can be shaped a variety of fun ways in addition to the pinwheel, including angel shapes and many more. Just search online, Joulutorttu shapes.
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3/4 cup of rye flour
3/4 cup white flour
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup soften butter
1/4 cup of milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla
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2. Mix in milk, vanilla extract, flour in the large bowl.
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