Austrian Butter Cookies

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Title: Austrian Butter Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 3 servings

1 c Flour
1/2 c Butter; softened
2/3 c Nuts; chopped
1 c Sugar

Sift the flour and sugar together. Add the chopped nuts. Blend in the
butter. Stir with a spoon until a soft dough is formed. Chill for 1-2
hours.
Roll the dough out on a floured board to 1/8" thickness. Cut into
rounds with a biscuit cutter and place rounds on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 (191C) for 7-10 min.
Yields about 3 dozen.
Can be made into a sandwich cookie. Traditional Austrian manner is to
spread thinly with jam, cover with a second cookie, then cover top with
chocolate frosting and a pecan or walnut half.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING 1 TB butter 1/3 c powdered sugar 1 egg yolk 1 sq
unsweetened chocolate, -melted and cooled.
Cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolk and chocolate. Blend well.

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