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YUGOSLAVIAN CHRISTMAS COOKIES
Ingredients
- ½ lb. sweet butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ tsp. salt
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup finely ground walnuts
- 1 tsp. lemon extract
- 1 cup blackberry and current jelly
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Cream butter with the ½ cup sugar.
- Add egg yolk and salt.
- Sift flour, measure, and stir into mixture.
- Pat dough into a thin layer in the bottom of a 10x15" cooky sheet.
- Beat egg whites until stiff; gradually add sugar and continue beating until of a meringue consistency.
- Fold in the ground walnuts and flavoring.
- Spread jelly over the dough and swirl meringue over jelly.
- Sprinkle meringue with chopped walnuts,
- Bake in a moderate oven ( 350°) for 40 minutes.
- Cut into squares.
- Makes three dozen cookies.
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