Butter Cookies I Hungarian

By á-3801

Ingredients

• 1 lb. butter
• 1 cup Crisco
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 cups flour (sifted 3 times)
• 8 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 egg white (beaten)

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter with Crisco. Add sugar and cream until smooth. Cut in flour with pastry blender until the size of small peas. Add slightly beaten egg yolks, vanilla and lemon juice. Mix dough lightly, divide into 2 parts. Roll to about ¼ inch thickness. Cut with fancy shaped small cookie cutter and brush with a little beaten egg white. Sprinkle with chopped nuts and colored sugar, if desired. Bake on greased or wax papered cookie sheet for about 12 minutes at 325 to 350 degrees.