Finnish Ribbon Cookies

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• A few drops of almond extract

  optional
• 2 ¼ cups flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup strawberry jam
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon evaporated milk
• A few drops of vanilla

Instructions

• 1 In a big bowl mix together the flour, the baking powder and the salt.
• 2 In a mixing bowl cream together the butter with the sugar. When everything is
  well blended add the egg, vanilla and almond extract.
• 3 Add the dry ingredients and mix everything together.
• 4 When you get a dough, place it on your working surface and create two loaves out
  of it. Place the loaves in a previously prepared baking pan with baking paper.
  Make sure to place them apart because they will rise a bit from the baking
  powder. Take a spoon and make a small gap line in the middle as you can see on
  the photos.
• 5 Place the baking pan in a previously heated oven. Bake for 10 minutes at 350°F.
• 6 Remove it from the oven and fill the gap with raspberry jam and bake for another
  10-12 minutes.
• 7 Take it out of the oven and leave it to cool for some time before you cut it
  into slices.
• 8 Meanwhile, create the glaze by mixing all the ingredients and pour it over the
  cookies.

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