Icelandic Silver Coin Cookies - Spesiur Cookies


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Spesiur Cookies, also known as Icelandic Silver Coin Cookies, are buttery cookies with chopped pecans that are reminiscent of Icelands historic silver currency. These cookies are the ideal accompaniment to a hot beverage.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • Confectioners sugar, for dusting

Instructions:

Melt the butter and mix it with the sugar in a bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy

Mix in the vanilla extract until its well mixed in

Add the flour and salt slowly while mixing the ingredients together until a dough forms

Make sure the chopped pecans are spread out evenly in the dough before you fold them in

Put the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes after making a disc out of it

Warm the oven up to 350F 175C and put parchment paper on a baking sheet

On a floured surface, roll out the chilled dough until it is about 1/4 inch thick

Cut out cookies in the shape of coins with a round cookie cutter and place them on the baking sheet that has been prepared

After the oven is hot, bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are just beginning to turn golden

After taking the cookies out of the oven, let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before moving them to a wire rack to cool all the way down

Once the cookies are completely cool, use confectioners sugar to make them look like silver coins


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