Feines buttergebaeck (fancy butter cookies)

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¾ Lb* butter (probably 1 2/3 cups)
190 grams Sugar (1 cup less 3 Tbsp)
1 Egg (or 2)
1 Lb* flour (probably 4 1/2 cups less 1 Tbsp)
Grated peel of 1 lemon
Salt
Glaze:
1 Egg

Directions

Dough:

Sift flour onto pastry board, add all other ingredients and knead well. Chill dough in a cool place. Roll out to approx. ¾ inch thick (or slightly thicker), and cut out [with a cookie cutter].

Paint with glaze.

((*Note: The German original used the '#' for pound. Some of the recipes from this source were in German, some in a mixture of German and English. Since this particular recipe was all in German, I assume it refers to German pounds. A german pound - 500 grams - is slightly larger than the American pound - 454 grams. K.B.)) Source: Handwritten German recipe obtained by Pat Stockett Translation/Conversion: Karin Brewer Posted by: Karin Brewer, Cooking Echo, 8/92

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