Maria’s Ischli Cookies

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Level: Easy
Total: 12 hr 15 min
Prep: 12 hr
Cook: 15 min
Yield: 2 dozen

Ingredients

  1. 1/4 pound almonds or hazelnuts, finely ground
  2. 1/2 pound butter, at room temperature
  3. 1/4 pound sugar
  4. 1/2 pound flour
  5. Seedless raspberry preserves
  6. Chocolate icing (see recipe below)

Instructions

  1. Combine the nuts with the butter, sugar and flour; you will have to combine this dough with your hands; if a bit too dry, add drops of lemon juice or rum. Form dough into a roll 1 1 /4inches thick. Refrigerate overnight in waxed paper or parchment.
  2. Following day preheat the oven to 350 degrees. cut dough into 1/4inch slices and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven and cool cookies on a rack.
  3. When cooled to room temperature, sandwich two cookies together with raspberry jam and spread some of the chocolate icing (see below) over the top cookie. For a pretty presentation, set them in fluted paper cups.

 

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