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RACSOS TESZTA (cookies), Hungarian

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups flour
• ¾ cups sugar
• 1 whole egg
• 1 egg yolk
• ¼ lb. butter
• ¼ lb. other shortening
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp vanilla
• ½ cup apricot preserves
• 1/3 cup milk
• ½ cup sugar
• 4 ½ ozs. Walnuts, ground

Preparation Instructions

Mix in a bowl and knead until blended. Divide in half. Roll out half and place on cooking sheet. Spread ½ cup apricot preserves over dough. Mix 1/3 cup milk with ½ cup sugar and the walnuts. Spread this mixture over the apricot preserves. From the second half of the dough make strips and criss-cross over the mixture. Brush strips lightly with the egg yolk. Bake in a moderate oven (350°) about 40 minutes.

Contributed by Mrs. Maria Maday, 1950

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