Swedish Butter Cookies

Ingredients

• eggs
• cup ssalted butter, softened
• cup white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salmond extra ct
• cup sall-purpose flour

Instructions

1. Place the eggs into a saucepan with enough water to cover by 1 inch.
2. Cover the saucepan, and bring the water to a boil over high heat.
3. Once the water is boiling, remove from the heat and let the eggs stand in the hot water for 15 minutes.
4. Pour out the hot water; cool the eggs under cold running water.
5. Peel eggs, separate yolks from whites.
6. Sieve or finely grate yolks.
7. Reserve whites for another use.
8. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
9. Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in the egg yolks and the almond extract. Slowly mix in the flour, just until incorporated. Use a spritz style cookie maker to press cookies onto prepared baking sheet.
10. Bake in the preheated oven just until the edges begin to brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

Tips

If desired, place a dab of jelly, a small chocolate morsel or 1/2 of a maraschino cherry in the center of the cookies before baking.