Mrs. Atlee's Sand Tarts
Recipe Number: 1388
Contributor: 2wlady
Rating: Recipe Unrated
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Serves:
150 cookies
Calories Per Serving: -
Preparation Time: -
Difficulty: Average
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| Ingredients: |
2 C sugar
4 eggs (separated)
1 C butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking powder
3-1/2 C flour (approx.) |
extra sugar
cinnamon
skinless almonds, halved |
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Dough Preparation
1. Cream the butter.
2. Beat the 4 egg yolks and 1 egg white.
3. Gradually add the sugar, egg yolks, and 1 egg white.
4. Sift the flour and baking powder together thoroughly.
5. Add to butter, sugar, and egg mixture.
6. Add vanilla.
7. Chill thoroughly.
Cookie Preparation
1. Place the dough on a floured pastry cloth or board and roll the dough until it is thin.
2. Use cookie cutters to make the cookies.
3. Add 1 Tbsp of COLD water to the remaining egg white and beat well.
4. Brush the water/egg white mixture over each cookie.
5. Mix some sugar and cinnamon together.
6. Sprinkle a little sugar/cinnamon onto each cookie.
7. Place a split, skinless almond in the the center of each cookie.
Baking
Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) approximately 8 minutes.
Makes about 150 cookies.
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| This is time consuming but these cookies are absolutely wonderful. So, if you decide to make them, best to do the dough one day and make the cookies themselves the next day. Get the kids to help! |
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