Alsatian Christmas Cookies Recipe
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| Ingredients | |||
| 1/2 | cup | sugar | |
| 1 1/3 | cup | flour | |
| 1 | cup | almonds, ground, toasted | |
| 2 | teaspoons | cinnamon | |
| 1/3 | teaspoon | salt | |
| 3/4 | cup | butter, softened | |
| 1 | teaspoons | vanilla | |
| 1/4 | cup | candied orange peel, minced | |
| 1 | large | egg white, beaten w/2 teaspoons water for glaze | |
| 1 | prepared colored icings | ||
| 1 | suger, for decorating | ||
Directions: | |||
| Beat together butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Stir in flour, almonds, cinnamon and salt, blend well. Stir in orange peel. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 degree F. Roll out dough 1/4 inch thickness and cut shapes with Christmas cookie cutters. If not using icing, decorate with colored sugar or gragees before baking. Bake 9-12 minutes or until golden brown. Decorate with icing, colored sugars, dragees, etc. Store airtight at room temp one week, freeze longer. | |||