| Finland Christmas Cookies
2 cups of butter
4 cups of sifted flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of soda
3/4 cup of ice water
1 tablespoon of almond extract |
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Cream 1 cup butter. Add flour and salt and mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Dissolve soda in water and stir into flour mixture. Blend in almond extract. Cover dough and chill thoroughly. Roll out on a lightly floured surface in a rectangular shape about 1/8 inch thick. Spread half of dough with 1/2 cup soft butter, fold over and chill in refrigerator 15 minutes. Repeat rolling, spreading and folding process. Divide dough in half and roll each portion 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares and make 1 inch diagonal cuts toward center from each corner. Place 1 teaspoon of prune filling in center of each square. Bring alternate corners together in center, forming pinwheels. Bake on un-greased cookie sheets in hot oven at 400ºF. for 15 minutes. Prune Filling
1 pound of cooked prunes
1/2 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
Remove pits from prunes and mash to a pulp. Add sugar and lemon juice.
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