Title: Feines Buttergebaeck (Fancy Butter Cookies)
Categories: Cookie German
Yield: 6 Servings

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

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