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German Nut Butter Cookies (Zauner Krapfen) - CDKitchen.com

serves/makes:
  
ready in:
  1-2 hrs
Rating: 5/5

1 review

ingredients

1 cup sifted flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 can pecans (3 oz.)
1/2 cup soft butter

directions

Sift together flour and sugar into large bowl. Open can of pecans. Reserve 18 halves for garnish. Grind remainder and add to flour mixture.

Blend in soft butter with spoon or pastry blender to form a dough. Chill 1 to 2 hours.

Roll out on floured pastry cloth or board to 1/8" thickness. Cut into rounds with floured 2 1/4" cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees) 7 to 10 minutes until light golden brown. These cookies are delicious plain or made into sandwich with chocolate butter filling.

CHOCOLATE BUTTER FILLING: 2 Tbsp. butter 1/3 Cup confectioners sugar 1 Square unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

Cream butter and sifted confectioners sugar. Blend in chocolate.

CHOCOLATE BUTTER FROSTING: 1 Tbsp. butter 1/3 Cup sifted confectioners sugar 1 Egg yolk 1 Square unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

Cream butter and confectioners sugar. Add egg yolk and chocolate. Blend well.

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nutrition data

149 calories, 10 grams fat, 14 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams protein per serving. This recipe is low in sodium.
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reviews & comments

  1. Raindeary REVIEW:

    I know this recipe. It was from a set of recipe cards distributed by Pillsbury in the 1960s called Pillsbury European Recipe Service. I've got the same recipe, and it is fabu.

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