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A food writer's quest to break into magazine publishing--and finally afford a good meal.
3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup (1 1/3 sticks) cold butter or
margarine, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large egg whites beaten with 2 tsp
sugar
Jam (for the filling)
What You Do
Place flour, sugar, baking powder, salt in a food processor fitted with steel blades and pulse two or three times. Add butter and pulse to form crumbs. Combine eggs, egg yolks, and vanilla. Pour mixture into processor and pulse until dough clumps together. Put dough onto lightly floured surface and form into 2 disks. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least one hour or up to three days.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, positioning the shelves in the lower and upper thirds. Line cookie sheets with parchment. Roll dough on a floured surface to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Using a three-inch cookie cutter, cut circles of dough and place on cookie sheets. Place about 1/2 tsp of filling in the center of each circle. Brush the perimeter of the circle with the egg white wash, and lift the dough, partially covering the filling to form a triangular shape. Brush the formed cookies with the egg wash and bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until golden brown. To ensure even baking, rotate the sheets back to front and top to bottom. Remove from the oven and let cool before eating.
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