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     Title: Aunt Lisl's Butter Cookies
Categories: Miamiherald, Desserts, Ethnic, Jewish, Hannukah
     Yield: 48 Cookies

----------------FORMATTED BY LISA CRAWFORD----------------
   1/2 lb Unsalted butter or margarine
          -softened (2 sticks)
   3/4 c  Sugar
     2    Eggs
     1 tb Brandy (optional)
       ds Vanilla
 3 1/2 c  Flour
     1    Egg yolk
          Chopped nuts and raisins or
          -1 egg white
          Coarse sugar coloured with
          -blue food colouring

 In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Then mix in the
 eggs, brandy, salt, vanilla, and flour.  Let rest for
 at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Roll out the
 dough to 1/8-inch thick.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
 You can either use cookie cutters or use a toothpick
 or knife to cut cookies out in any shapes you want.
 Place gently on baking sheet.  Then either brush with
 egg yolk or sprinkle with nuts and raisins or brush
 with egg white and sprinkle with  blue sugar. Bake for
 about 10 minutes or until golden brown.  Use a metal
 spatula to gently remove each cookie from the baking
 sheet to a cooling rack or flat plate.

 Per cookie: 83 cal; 1 g pro, 10 g carb, 4 g fat (46%),
 0.2 g fiber, 24 mg chol, 10 mg sodium

 Source: Miami Herald, 12/14/95

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