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Shortbread Tea Pastries

4 servings

Ingredients

• shortbread dough (as needed)
• sugar (coarse, for sprinkling) (a little)
• sprinkles (fine) (a little)
• almonds (coarsely chopped) (a little)
• egg white (for brushing) (a little)

Instructions

1. From a shortbread dough sheet, cut out various shapes such as rings, stars, and crosses with a cookie cutter.
2. Form wreaths, pretzels, rolls, or snails from the leftover dough by hand.
3. Place them on a water-misted baking sheet.
4. Sprinkle some with coarse sugar, others with fine sprinkles or coarsely chopped almonds, and brush others with egg white.
5. Bake until golden brown in a hot oven.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.