Dutch Letter Cookies

Name: Dutch Letter Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 227 grams almond paste; 237 milliliters butter, chilled; 1 egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters granulated sugar for decoration; 79 milliliters ice water; 2 Tbsps milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters white sugar

Dutch Letter Cookies is a vegetarian recipe with 24 servings. One serving contains 171 calories, 2g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sugar, milk, ice water, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a medium bowl, stir together flour and salt.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Cut in chilled butter until the texture of the mix is mealy with pea sized lumps.

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Butter

Add ice water gradually while stirring with a wooden spoon until dough forms a ball. Cover your dough and chill for 1/2 hour.

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Water

Dough

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Wooden Spoon

To make filling, in a small bowl, mix together the almond paste and sugar.

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Almond Paste

Sugar

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Bowl

Add the egg and mix well.

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Egg

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C ).

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Oven

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 to 1/8 inch thickness, making as square as possible.

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Dough

Roll

Cut the dough into strips 6 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide (about the width of a ruler). Using a pastry bag or a strong plastic bag with a small hole cut from the corner, pipe almond filling down the center of the strip starting halfway down. Fold the top half of the strip down over the almond filling to match the bottom.

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Almonds