Butter Letter Pastry

Title:
Butter Letter Pastry

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Pastries,
Pastries




Ingredients:





     1 lb Butter


     4 c  Flour


     1 c  Water


     1 lb Almond paste


     2 c  Sugar


     3    Eggs






 Work butter, flour and water like pie dough and refrigerate overnight.


 Divide dough into 6 parts after refrigeration.


 


 Mix together almond paste, sugar and eggs. Form a soft paste and


 refrigerate overnight. After refrigeration, divide mixture into 6 parts.


 


 Roll dough into thin long strips (6 of these). Put filling paste into a


 long strip down the middle of the dough. Roll up dough and paint with egg


 whites. You may leave dough as long shapes or form into crescent shape.


 Butter letter should be placed on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 20 to 25


 minutes at 350 degrees. They should be golden brown when finished.


 


 busted by sooz


 


 Recipe by: Key Gourmet


 


 Posted to recipelu-digest by sooz 
on Mar 25, 1998