Title: Aunt lisl's butter cookies
 Categories: Miamiherald, Desserts, Ethnic, Jewish, Hannukah
      Yield: 48 Cookies
 
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    1/2 lb Unsalted butter or margarine
           -softened (2 sticks)
    3/4 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs
      1 tb Brandy(opt)
        ds Vanilla
  3 1/2 c  Flour
      1    Egg yolk
           Chopped nuts and raisins or
           -1 egg white
           Coarse sugar coloured with
           -blue food colouring
 
  In a bowl, cream butter and sugar.  Then mix in the eggs, brandy,
  salt, vanilla, and flour.  Let rest for at least 30 minutes in the
  refrigerator. Roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thick. Preheat oven to
  350 degrees. You can either use cookie cutters or use a toothpick or
  knife to cut cookies out in any shapes you want. Place gently on
  baking sheet. Then either brush with egg yolk or spinkle with nuts
  and raisins or brush with egg white and sprinkle with  blue sugar.
  Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown. Use a metal spatula
  to gently remove each cookie from the baking sheet to a cooling rack
  or flat plate.
  
  Nutritional info per cookie: 83 cal; 1g pro, 10g carb, 4g fat(46%),
  .2g fiber, 24mg chol, 10mg sodium