Ukrainian Tea Cookies (Bublyky)
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 juice and lemon, zest of, grated
- 2 egg yolks
- 5 hard cooked egg yolks
- 1/2 cup blanched almond, ground
- 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
- 1 egg white, slightly beaten for glaze
- 1 cup almonds, chopped fine
- 1 cup sugar
- Cream the butter with the sugar and lemon rind until light. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well.
- Press the hard cooked egg yolks through a sieve and add to the creamed mixture along with the lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Stir in the blanched (no skins) nuts, and then the flour; mix thoroughly.
- Break off small pieces of dough, roll into finger lengths of pencil thickness, and shape them into rings.
- Mix finely chopped almonds with the 1 cup sugar.
- Dip each ring into a slightly beaten egg white and then into the almond-sugar mixture.
- Place the rings on a greased baking sheet and bake them in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 15 minutes, or until delicately browned.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ukrainian-tea-cookies-bublyky-148017 (may not work)