Swedish Cookies

Ingredients

• 400 g flour
• 125 g sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 250 g butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 Egg white
• 100 g sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 50 g currant jam

Instructions

1. 1.

   Mix the flour with sugar and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into the mixture with a pastry cutter, add the egg yolk, and knead everything into a smooth dough.

2. 2.

   Shape the dough into four rolls about 4 cm in diameter and cover; refrigerate for about 1 hour.

3. 3.

   Preheat the oven to 200°C (392°F). Line one or two baking sheets with parchment paper.

4. 4.

   Cut the dough rolls into thin slices about 4 mm thick and place them on the sheet. If desired, cut out shapes from the center of each cookie with letter cutters.

5. 5.

   Whisk the egg white lightly; mix the sugar with cinnamon. Brush the cookies with the egg white and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for about 10 minutes until golden brown, remove and cool on a wire rack.

6. 6.

   If desired, warm the currant jam and sandwich two whole cookies together with a little jam.