German Christmas Butter Cookies
German Christmas Butter Cookies are thin rolled butter cookies brightened with lemon juice, brushed with egg-white glaze, and decorated before baking. The dough makes crisp, tender cutouts that are perfect for holiday trays.
π¨βπ³ Instructions
Cream the butter and sugar until light.
Add one whole egg, two egg yolks, and the lemon juice.
Sift the flour with the baking powder and mix it into the butter mixture.
Roll the dough quite thin between two pieces of wax paper.
Stamp out shapes with cookie cutters.
Blend the reserved egg whites with a little cold water and brush over the cookies.
Decorate with nuts or colored sugar and bake at 350 F for about 15 minutes.
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