2024-11-07
Pogacsa Hungarian Butter Cookies Sharing Our Best

Pogacsa Hungarian Butter Cookies

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Pogacsa- Hungarian Butter Cookies

Cuisine Hungarian
Prep Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 33 minutes
Servings 5 dozen
Author Sharing Our Best

Ingredients

Dough

  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour sifted
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 2 tbsp whiskey
  • 2 tbsp sour cream

Topping

  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup nuts chopped fine

Instructions

Dough

  • Combine dry ingredients
  • Cut in butter with pastry blender.
  • Beat egg yolks with fork, blend in whiskey and sour cream.
  • Stir into dough, blend well.
  • Shape into ball; wrap in wax paper; chill 2 hours
  • Cut off slices from ball; roll on lightly floured surface generous 1/4" thick.
  • Cut with 1 1/2" cookie cutter.
  • Dip top in beaten until frothy egg whites/
  • Place on un-greased cookie sheets.
  • Sprinkle with mixture of sugar and nuts.
  • Bake in upper third of over at 376 degree F oven about 18 minutes.
  • Loosen cookies immediately with spatula.

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