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Maria's Ischli Cookies (Mf)

Maria's Ischli Cookies (Mf) is a cookies recipe made with Butter At Room Temperature, Sugar, Flour, Bittersweet Chocolate Melted, and Water. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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Ingredients

• 1/2 lb
• 1/4 lb
• 1/2 lb
• 1/4 lb
• 1/4 cup
• 3 tbsp
• 1 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Combine the nuts with the butter, sugar and flour; you will have to combine this dough with your hands; if a bit too dry, add drops of lemon juice or rum.

2. 2

   Form dough into a roll 1 1 /4inches thick.

3. 3

   Refrigerate overnight in waxed paper or parchment.

4. 4

   Following day preheat the oven to 350 degrees. cut dough into 1/4inch slices and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes or until golden.

5. 5

   Remove from oven and cool cookies on a rack.

6. 6

   When cooled to room temperature, sandwich two cookies together with raspberry jam and spread some of the chocolate icing (see below) over the top cookie.

7. 7

   For a pretty presentation, set them in fluted paper cups.

8. 8

   Melt chocolate with water and sugar.

9. 9

   When melted, add instant coffee and cook over very low heat for 5 minutes.

10. 10

    Turn heat off, add butter and let icing cool to room temperature. (Don't let it get too firm or it will be hard to spread over cookies.)