Yesterday I talked about all the different Christmas candies that I used to make with my mom when she was still here. Today, I have a cookie recipe that I am sure a lot of you have made, but it is one that we used to make all the time just for Christmas! These fun little morsels are so pretty on a plate and I am sure that is why my mom made them all of the time; they just look festive!
Some of you may know them as “Thumb print cookies” but my mom’s recipe is called Swedish Tea Cakes and I think that they look just like a fun little tea party!
Don’t these just look yummy!
( I may or may not have consumed 2 or 3 or 4 during the photography session of this post!)
- 1 cup butter-softened
- 1 cup brown sugar- packed
- 2 egg yolks slightly beaten
- 2 cups sifted flour
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- jam (I like strawberry or raspberry)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray baking pan with cooking spray. Place coconut in a small bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar. Separate eggs whites into a small bowl. Add egg yolks to butter and sugar mixture and mix until combined. Stir in flour until dough forms a ball.
- Roll dough into small balls, dip in egg whites then in coconut. Place on prepared cookie sheet and press in the center of each cookie with your finger to make a well in the center.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes, just until the cookie and the coconut are slightly browned.
- Press the center of the cookies again for the well for the jam. Cool on cookie rack.
- Using a teaspoon, place a small amount of jam in the center of each cookie.
- Enjoy!
- You could also roll in finely chopped nuts instead of the coconut.
Don’t these just look like a fun party!
I think that you can tell that I have baking and candy making on the brain this week. Have you done all of your Christmas cooking… baking… candy making, yet?
I need to get the holidays and all this yummy food over with so that I can get back to my diet, but who wants to do that? :(
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