German Puff Pastry Cookies (blatterteig Pastetchen)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup sieved cooked potato, chilled
• 1 cup butter, chilled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 blend flour and confectioners’ sugar; chill.
• 2 add potato and mix gently with a fork. cut in butter until pieces are the size of small peas.
• 3 sprinkle extract over mixture, a few drops at a time, mixing lightly with fork (dough should be crumbly). shape dough into a ball; chill thoroughly.
• 4 roll dough, a half at a time, 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface; cut with 1 3/4 inch round cutter and cut centers from half the rounds with a 3/4 inch round cutter. place rounds, rings, and centers on separate ungreased cookie sheets.
• 5 bake at 400°f 10 to 15 minutes.
• 6 when cool, spread rounds with currant jelly and top with rings; fill centers of rings with a small amount of jelly; top with centers. about 2 dozen cookies.
• 7 cai canadian family cookbook.