Norwegian Christmas Cookies

No idea why that’s the name, but they’re a family recipe from my Grandma Rachel, and they’re absolutely essential for Christmas around here. My mom made them yesterday, muttering all the while about how much sugar is in them, all the butter, etc, but they’re the cookies that’re gone first. Really really good. Try them. And give credit to my Grandma Rachel. 🙂

Mix 3 T sugar, 1/2 c butter, 1.5 c flour, press firmly in a glass baking dish (a size up from the 8×8 square — 7×11?), and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.

While that’s going, mix 3 beaten egg yolks, 2 c brown sugar and 3/4 cup coconut. Add 1/2 c chopped pecans and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat egg whites until they’re at the soft peak stage, more or less, and fold in. Pour on the crust in the glass pan, and bake for 30 minutes. Then sift lots and lots of powdered sugar on top, and cut when it cools. Yum.