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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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16 Egg yolks
1/2 c Sugar
2 ts Vanilla, brandy or cognac
1 c Whipping cream
1/2 ts Grated lemon rind
1/2 ts Ground cardamom
6 c Flour
2 lb Shortening for frying
Beat the egg yolks until they are thick and
lemon-colored. Add the sugar a little at a time,
beating thoroughly after each addition. Add flavoring
(vanilla, brandy or cognac). Beat cream until stiff,
and fold in carefully. Add lemon rind and cardamom.
Work in flour until dough is smooth. Chill. Roll out
dough as thin as possible and cut into diamond shapes
with knife or fluted pastry wheel. Make a slit in
center of each diamond and pull the tip end of diamond
through slit as far as it will go.
Drop into hot shortening (350 F). Fry like
doughnuts, but only until very lightly browned. They
cook almost as fast as they are put into the hot
shortening, so they must be turned and taken out
quickly. Drain on paper and sprinkle with sugar.
Makes about 10 dozen fattigmann.
