SEMLA COOKIES
Recipe author: Marja Folcke
Creamy and tasty semmelcookies perfect to enjoy on Fat Tuesday. The filling for semmelcookies consists of sweet almond paste and fluffy whipped cream.
INGREDIENTS
About 7 large cookies:
- 60 grams of butter
- 3 dl almond flour
- 3/4 dl Fiber Honey
- 3 tbsp coconut flour
- 2-3 tbsp Use Like Sugar
- 1 tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp baking powder
Almond paste:
- 2 egg whites
- 1 ½ - 2 dl almond flour
- 1 ½ tbsp Use Like Sugar
- possibly a few drops of bitter almond flavoring
Cream filling:
- about 1 ½ dl whipped cream
- possibly 1-2 tsp Use Like Sugar
METHOD:
Cookies:
Set the oven to 175 degrees. Bring butter and fiber honey to a boil. Remove from the plate and stir in the remaining ingredients. Form balls and flatten into about 1 cm thick cookies on a sheet of baking paper. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 8 minutes or until the cookies turn a golden yellow color. Allow to cool completely.
Filling:
Mix all the ingredients for the almond paste.Beat the cream and sweetener with an electric whisk. Spread a layer of almond paste on the underside of a cake and pipe the cream on top (can be spread). Press a cake on top. Then continue with all the cakes!
