Jan Hagel Cookies Recipe
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 egg white
- 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
- Cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg yolk and beat thoroughly. (This should be very creamy.) Add the flour and cinnamon and mix well.
- Spread thinly on 1 1/2 cookie sheets. Press down mixture with fingers, then score with a fork. Brush on a film of egg white mixed with a little water. Sprinkle the nuts over the top.
- Bake 1/2 hour at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Remove from oven and cut into squares or oblongs. When cold, remove from cookie sheet.
