Ukrainian Tea Cookies (bublyky)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 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 , slightly beaten for glaze
• 1 cup almonds, chopped fine
• 1 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream the butter with the sugar and lemon rind until light. add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well.
• 2 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.
• 3 break off small pieces of dough, roll into finger lengths of pencil thickness, and shape them into rings.
• 4 mix finely chopped almonds with the 1 cup sugar.
• 5 dip each ring into a slightly beaten egg and then into the almond-sugar mixture.
• 6 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.