Tante's nuss plaetzchen (cookies)

144 sm.squares

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Margarine
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs (reserve 1 egg white for topping)
2½ cup Flour (or more, depending on size of eggs
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 cups Finely ground pecans, SAVING for topping
Grated rind of large lemon

Directions

Cream margarine; add sugar gradually; beat in eggs. Sift baking powder with flour and add to mixture. Add pecans and fold in lemon rind.

Roll very thin on lightly floured board. Spread with beaten egg white and sprinkle pecans on top. Cut into 1¼-inch squares. Bake on greased cookie sheet only until lightly browned at 275ø.

Makes 144 small cookie squares. ~ Jan Cox

Submitted By TERI CHESSER On 07-18-95

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