New member Marcy Hessing's grandparents emigrated from the area surrounding the Austro-Hungarian border. She has shared a couple of recipes, including this one, from her grandmother, who emigrated from Kukmirn as a teen.


HUSARENKRAPFEN
(from Marcy Hessing)

Ingredients:
  • 1/2 lb. butter
  • 2 egg yolks (save whites for later)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2-1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. cream
  • 1 jar of your favorite lekvar or jam (apricot, peach, strawberry, plum, prune, raspberry, cherry or sour cherry)
  • 1 cup ground nuts (reserve for later, do not mix into the dough)
Preparation-day 1:

Separate 2 eggs, and save the whites for later. Combine all ingredients EXCEPT FOR the egg whites, lekvar and ground nuts. Mix well until a dough forms.
Refrigerate dough overnight, or at least several hours.

Preparation-day 2:

Gently mix egg whites. Grind the nuts if they aren't purchased ground. Form 1-1/2 inch balls and press flat. Make an impression in the middle with your thumb. Dip each cookie in egg white, then in ground nuts. Put a small amount of lekvar (1/2 tsp.) into the impression in the middle.

Bake at 300°F on a lightly greased cookie sheet for about 20-25 minutes until the edges are very lightly golden. Do not overbake.

Makes about 30 cookies.