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      Title: Sandtortchen (Sand Tarts)
 Categories: German, Cookie, Dessert
      Yield: 24 Portionen
 
  2 1/2 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs; large
      1    Egg white; large, beaten
      1 x  Cinnamon
      2 c  Butter or margarine
      4 c  Flour; unbleached, unsifted
      1 x  Sugar
      1 x  Pecan; halves
 
  Cream  sugar  and  butter.    Beat  in 2  eggs.    Gradually  blend
  in the flour.  Chill  dough  overnight.    Roll    as  thin  as
  possible on well floured  board.  Work  with  1/4 of the dough at a
  time. Keep remaining dough  chilled.  Cut  into  diamonds  with a
  knife. Place on greased cookie sheets.  Brush  each  cookie with
  beaten egg white. Sprinkle with sugar and a  pinch of cinnamon. Placd
  a pecan half in center of each cookie. Bake in preheated 350 degree
  F. oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on
  cookie sheets 1 minute, then remove to wire racks. Store in airtight
  tins.
 
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