AUNT LISL'S BUTTER COOKIES

      Title: AUNT LISL'S BUTTER COOKIES
  Categories: Miamiherald, Desserts, Ethnic, Jewish, Hannukah
       Yield: 48 Cookies
  
 MMMMM-----------------FORMATTED BY LISA CRAWFORD----------------------
     1/2 lb Unsalted butter or margarine
            -softened (2 sticks)
     3/4 c  Sugar
       2    Eggs
       1 tb Brandy(opt)
         ds Vanilla
   3 1/2 c  Flour
       1    Egg yolk
            Chopped nuts and raisins or
            -1 egg white
            Coarse sugar coloured with
            -blue food colouring
  
   In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Then mix in the eggs, brandy,
   salt, vanilla, and flour.  Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the
   refrigerator. Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Preheat oven to
   350 degrees. You can either use cookie cutters or use a toothpick or
   knife to cut cookies out in any shapes you want. Place gently on
   baking sheet. Then either brush with egg yolk or spinkle with nuts
   and raisins or brush with egg white and sprinkle with  blue sugar.
   Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula
   to gently remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack
   or flat plate.
   
   Nutritional info per cookie: 83 cal; 1g pro, 10g carb, 4g fat(46%),
   .2g fiber, 24mg chol, 10mg sodium
   
   Source: Miami Herald, 12/14/95
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