Jan Hagel Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 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

Recipe

• 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.