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

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Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2011 by scholten

These are wonderful! I have searched for this recipe for a long time. It's a Dutch recipe and in Holland would be called "Jan Hagel Cookies".


Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2008 by dzm388

Easy and yummy. Needed 10 extra minutes to crisp up. This is going straight to the Christmas Cookie hall of fame. Thanks for sharing!

 
 
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