Last Updated on April 24, 2020 by Chef Mireille
Uppakra
Swedish Butter Cookies just melt in your mouth! The awesome texture is achieved by using potato starch.
Some people see unusual ingredients and walk right by them in the supermarket because they have no idea to utilize them.
I have the opposite personality. I see unique ingredients and as long as its within a price point I deem affordable, I am going to buy it and then figure out how to utilize it.
What type of shopper are you? Do you walk by unique ingredients or do they excite you?
The very first time I encountered potato starch was in a Russian market. I had never before seen it and I thought it would be cool to find out how to utilize it. Without a second thought, I put it in my basket.
When I started researching recipes to utilize my potato starch, I started finding a lot of Scandinavian recipes like this Finnish Sandtorte pound cake. Potato starch gives the baked goods a soft and tender, melt in your mouth texture.
Potato starch is gluten free, so while these Uppakra – Swedish Butter Cookies are not gluten free, they are low gluten since half of the flour quantity is potato starch.
Not for people with Celiac’s disease, but if you have a low gluten intolerance, these cookies are perfect for you!
For melt in your mouth butter cookies and other baked goods, replace half of the flour with potato starch.
Potato Flour
Potato Flour is NOT the same thing as potato starch and cannot be substituted. While potato flour is healthier made from the whole potato, it is not as tender.
Potato Starch is processed from only the starch of potatoes. Potato flour is processed from dried whole potatoes.
You won’t get the same melt-in-your-mouth butter cookies from potato flour as you will from using potato starch.
Substitutions
Any starch product would produce the same tender cookie.
You can also substitute cornstarch, tapioca starch or arrowroot flour/starch.
How to make Uppakra – Swedish Butter Cookies
Light and airy with an almost powdery texture and not too sweet…perfect for tea time!
Uppakra – Swedish Potato Cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- In a small bowl, combine potato starch, flour and salt.
- Beat butter, vanilla and sugar until creamy.
- Add flour mix a little at a time, until you have a homogenous cookie dough.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Roll out dough on a well floured surface to about 1/2″ thick. You don’t even need a rolling pin. You can just pat it down using the palm of your hand. It’s a very soft dough. Using cookie cutters, dip them in flour and then cut out cookies and place on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
Notes
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Even there is some german cookies which sounds almost like this Uppakra looks crunchy munchy..Now i have to get some potato starch to give a try.
Cookies looks crispy and soft ! Love to have them with tea!
Cookies look super crumbly..
Dont think we get potato starch here though it is exported from here..you dont leave a chance for us to learn new recipes…very interesting Mireille.
so sad that you guys export it but can't use it yourself
Looks yum, Looks like Shortbread!!! Perfect for the tea-time!!!!
Very unique and interesting recipe
looks soooo yum..
Would love to try this, but what can I use instead of potato starch? regular flour? Sad we do not get the potato starch here!
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probably cornstarch or tapioca starch – it should have starch consistency not like regular flour
Interesting recipe and love the crunchy texture and soft look..
Interesting one Mir, bookmarking. Good one for munching .
I almost thought this was an indian dish..very nice and kids would love it..
Very interesting cookies. They look perfect with a cup of tea/ coffee.
These look perfect cookies for tea time, Mir. I have not worked with potato starch yet!
you do come up with recipes from all over the world, Mir :)) ! Sweden it is , this time :-)) working with potato starch is very new to me, and we dont get it.. looks like a very simple and yummy cookie to me !
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I’ve come across potato starch before as well. These cookies look interesting. If you recommend them with tea, I’m sure I’ll like them 🙂