Feines Buttergebaeck (Fancy Butter Cookies)
cookies
3/4 lb* butter (probably 1 2/3 cups)
190 gm sugar (1 cup less 3 tbsp)
1 egg (or 2)
1 lb* flour (probably 4 1/2 cups less; 1 tbsp)
1 grated peel of 1 lemon
1 salt
1 glaze:
1 egg
Dough:
Sift flour onto pastry board, add all other ingredients and knead well. Chill dough in a cool place. Roll out to approx. 3/4 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 Submitted By "THE ART OF TURKISH COOKING" BY NESET EREN.
Yield: 6 servings