Ingredients
2 1/2 cup sugar
2 cup butter
2 each egg, well beaten
1 each egg white
4 cup flour
1 pecans
1 cinnamon
Directions
Cream the butter and sugar together. Slowly add the flour, working it
in well. Add the well-beaten eggs and mix thoroughly. Chill over
night. Roll out thin on lightly floured board; brush cookies with the
egg white which has been slightly beaten, sprinkle with sugar and a
little cinnamon and press 1/2 pecan into center of cookie. Bake at
350-F about 10 minutes. Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book - Fine
Old Recipes, Culinary Arts Press, 1936.
Servings: 1 servings
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Categories: Dessert; German
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