Another Year, Some Sandbakkelser (Almond Cookies), And A Giveaway!
A first birthday is more of an event than a second one is, I agree, but a birthday is a birthday, I say. After all, it's not everyday that one gets to look back and see how far one has come while feeling good about the changes in oneself.
Ingredients
- 75 gm butter , at room temperature
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup almonds blanched , pulverized or ground
- 1/2 tsp almond pure extract
- 1/2 egg a large , at room temperature
- 1 cup all purpose flour
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until well blended and light. Blend in the almonds, almond extract, and egg. Stir in the flour to form a dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly until it forms a smooth ball. Add a bit more flour if needed to make a stiff dough. Gather the dough into a ball, wrap, and chill for 30 minutes.
- Lightly butter or coat with nonstick spray 2 dozen fluted sandbakkel tins or tart tins. Pinch off parts of the dough and, using your thumb, press into the tart pans to make a thick, even layer.
- Place filled tins on a baking sheet for easier handling. Bake at 190C for 12-15 minutes or until the sandbakkelser are golden. Remove from oven and allow them to cool in the tins. To remove the tins, gently tap the tin until the tart comes out.
- Serve unfilled (upside down on a serving plate to reveal the impression from the pan), or invert the tart shells so that the cavity is upright. Just before serving, spoon the chocolate mascarpone mousse into the tart shells.
- This recipe makes 24 sandbakkelser.
Notes
Now to the next, final and perhaps most exciting part of this celebratory post.
Last year, I decided to have an event to celebrate a birthday here. This year, I thought I'd do something different from that.
Variety is always fun and an event means everyone would have to cook something, take pictures, post, link here, e-mail entries……….! And then I would have to go through everything, do a round-up. It seems to me that that's too much work all around.
So this time, I'm going to give away a copy of Petite Sweets: Bite-Size Desserts to Satisfy Every Sweet Tooth by Beatrice Ojakangas (from which the Sandbakkelser were made).
That's right, no hard work at all but there's a catch (haven't you all realized that there's always a catch to everything somewhere?).
All you need to do is to leave a comment at this post telling me what you like about this blog. Only one comment per person, please.
I know, I know, it's a very sycophantic thing to do but tell me, honestly, who doesn't like to hear something nice about themselves (That's my blog talking, by the way!) and if this is the one way of doing it………..
Actually, criticism is welcome too, but rudeness shall not be tolerated. Tell me what you don't like about this blog or if there's something you would like to see that is different or improved and maybe I can do something about it, if it is within my scheme of things.
You have till the 30th of November (that's 10 days from today) to leave comments here, after which date I will randomly pick one lucky person who shall take home this lovely book.
All those silent readers who visit this blog, this is open to you too, whether you have a blog or not. So please do come out and have your say and who knows, Lady Luck may be on your side.
I will be happy to send this book anywhere in the world.
Please make sure to enter your email address in the appropriate field so that I can contact you should you win.