Angel Fingers

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Title: Angel Fingers
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings

1/2 c Unsalted butter; no sub.
3 tb Confectioner's sugar
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Cake flour; sifted
1/2 c Pistachio nuts or pecans
(ground)
1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 c Confectioner's sugar

Preheat oven to 350 deg. Cream butter with elec. mixer. Add confect.
sugar and beat until well mixed. Beat in vanilla, then add cake flour and
ground nuts and mix well. Cover dough with wax paper and refirgerate for 15
minutes, or until it firms up. Divide dough in half and cut each half into
12 pieces. Place some flour on a sheet of wax paper and use it to dust your
hands LIGHTLY before shaping each cookie. Form dough into little rolls,
about 1 1/2 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter. Place cookies on
ungreased baking sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake in middle of oven
for about 13 minutes or until pale golden around edges. Tranfer to racks
set over wax paper and dust them with confectioner's sugar while still
warm. Cool cookies completely; then store in airtight containers.
NOTE: * may substitute pecans for pistachios, but taste will not be the
same. Source: The Christmas Cookie Book

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