Hungarian Butter Cookies - Pogacsa

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, at room temperature
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in large mixing bowl. add butter or margarine, and, using clean hands, blend until mixture resembles coarse meal. add egg and sour cream, and mix until dough holds together. cover and refrigerate for about 2 hours.
• 3 pinch off small egg-size pieces of dough and form into balls. place on buttered or nonstick cookie sheet, and use fingers to press to about 1/2 inch thick. make a crosshatch design by pressing the back of fork tines on top of each cookie. cookies should be spaced about 1-inch apart.
• 4 bake in oven for about 20 minutes, or until pale golden. continue baking in batches.
• 5 serve as a sweet snack.