Double Star Cookies
By csbrauer
• 1 pound butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/8 cups almonds, ground fine and a bit more
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• Currant or strawberry jelly
• Sugar for coating
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Ingredients
- • 1 pound butter
- • 1 1/2 cups sugar
- • 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- • 1 teaspoon vanilla
- • 2 1/8 cups almonds, ground fine and a bit more
- • 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- • Currant or strawberry jelly
- • Sugar for coating
Details
Level of difficulty Average
Cost Average budget
Preparation
Step 1
Beat together the butter and sugar with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in the lemon rind, vanilla and nuts. Slowly beat in the flour. You may have to mix it in with your hands if it gets too stiff.
Chill several hours. Remove a section of the dough from refrigerator, keeping the rest cold. Shape into a ball. Roll out on a floured work surface. Turn over, cover with wax paper and roll out again, about 1/4 inch thick.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cut out an even number of cookies with star-shaped cookie cutter. Place on baking sheets (cookies can be close together). Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until just starting to brown. Cool.
Spread half the cookies with jelly and top with the remaining half, making sandwiches. Dip each one in granulated sugar.
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