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Feines Buttergebaeck (Fancy Butter Cookies)Recipe : Feines Buttergebaeck (Fancy Butter Cookies)
Procedure :
3/4 Lb* butter (probably 1 2/3 -cups) 190 g 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 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 |
