Austrian Nut Cookies
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These are my family's favorite Christmas cookies. If you arrange the slivered almonds in pinwheel fashion, the cookie looks like a poinsettia.
SERVINGS: 20
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Ingredients:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup finely chopped almonds
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cold butter
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- FROSTING:
- 1 square (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- Slivered almonds
Directions:
In a bowl, combine flour, chopped almonds and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Form into a ball; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
On a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-in. round cutter and place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-10 minutes or until the edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Spread 1/2 teaspoon jam on half of the cookies; top with another cookie.
For frosting, combine chocolate, confectioners' sugar and butter . Spread on tops of cookies. Decorate with slivered almonds. Yield: 20 sandwich cookies.