German Cookies
Source of Recipe
Internet
Recipe Introduction
NOTE: During WWII, mothers baked these cookies to mail overseas because they could survive a 6-week journey, arriving moist and tasty. They became German only if captured enroute!
List of Ingredients
4 eggs
2 ½ cup flour
½ teaspoon cloves
1 cup chopped nuts
1 lb. brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Dash of salt
1 cup powdered sugar
¼ cup water
Recipe
Beat eggs and sugar together until creamy. Sift flour, measure, and then sift again with spices into egg mixture. Add nuts. Mix well.
Spread on greased 12 x 18 inch rimmed cookie pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Immediately spread powdered sugar/water glaze over top. Cool. Cut into 2 x 3 inch strips.
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