Sugar Diamonds Recipe

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Admits Gladys De Boer, field editor from Castleford, Idaho, "I don't have patience for decorating, so I look for tasty recipes with interesting shapes and textures, like this cookie."

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Sugar Diamonds Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 30 min.

Yield: 36 Servings

15 30 45

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg, separated
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch salt
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg yolk and vanilla; mix well. Combine flour, cinnamon and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture.
Spoon into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Cover dough with plastic wrap and press evenly into pan; remove wrap.
In a small bowl, beat egg white until foamy; brush over dough. Sprinkle with pecans.
Bake at 300° for 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cut into 1-1/2-in. diamond shapes while warm. Yield: about 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 105 calories, 6 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 20 mg cholesterol, 57 mg sodium, 11 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Sugar Diamonds in Taste of Home December/January 1996, p12