Butter Letter Recipe
Butter Letter is an amazingly delicious recipe. An easy to prepare snack recipe, Butter Letter is a dish that you will definetely love to share with your friends and family.
Ingredients
1 cup finely ground almonds
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg, lightly beaten
Grated rind of 1/2 lemon
1 1/4 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3 to 4 tablespoons ice water
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
Directions
Combine the almonds, sugar, egg and lemon rind.
Cover and let the mixture stand overnight.
Place the flour and salt in a bowl.
With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse meal.
Add the water a little at a time, using only enough to make the mixture stick together.
Wrap the dough in waxed paper and chill 1 hour.
Roll the dough out on a floured board into a rectangle.
Fold in thirds, wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate 15 minutes.
Roll and fold the dough again and refrigerate.
Repeat these steps 3 more times.
After the last rolling and folding, refrigerate the dough 2 to 3 hours.
Roll it into a long strip 4 inches wide and 1/8 inch thick.
Make cylinders of the almond mixture 1 inch in diameter.
Wrap a strip of dough around the almond mixture and press the dough together at the ends with wet fingers.
Form the cylinders into letters and place on a buttered baking sheet.
Brush with egg yolk and bake in a preheated 400° oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Cover and let the mixture stand overnight.
Place the flour and salt in a bowl.
With a pastry blender or 2 knives, cut the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse meal.
Add the water a little at a time, using only enough to make the mixture stick together.
Wrap the dough in waxed paper and chill 1 hour.
Roll the dough out on a floured board into a rectangle.
Fold in thirds, wrap in waxed paper and refrigerate 15 minutes.
Roll and fold the dough again and refrigerate.
Repeat these steps 3 more times.
After the last rolling and folding, refrigerate the dough 2 to 3 hours.
Roll it into a long strip 4 inches wide and 1/8 inch thick.
Make cylinders of the almond mixture 1 inch in diameter.
Wrap a strip of dough around the almond mixture and press the dough together at the ends with wet fingers.
Form the cylinders into letters and place on a buttered baking sheet.
Brush with egg yolk and bake in a preheated 400° oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
