Sugar diamonds
1 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | cup | Butter; (no substitutes), |
; softened | ||
1 | cup | Sugar |
1 | Egg; separated | |
½ | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
2 | cups | All-purpose flour |
½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
1 | pinch | Salt |
½ | cup | Pecans; chopped |
Directions
In a mixing 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 15x10x1" baking pan. Cover dough with plastic wrap and press evenly into pan; remove wrap. In another mixing bowl, beat egg white until foamy; brush over dough. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 300 degrees for 30 min. Cut into 1-½" diamond shapes while warm. Yield: about 6 dozen.
Submitted to RecipeLu List by Ruth <pookypook@...> by PookyPook <PookyPook@...> on Jan 24, 1998.
Recipe by: TASTE OF HOME DEC/JAN 1996 Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.