Mordegkakor

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsalted butter, no substitutes
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 large egg , beaten (reserved for brushing logs)
• cinnamon
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 blend together with a pastry blender or two knives; flour, butter, sugar and egg yolk.
• 2 with your hands, work butter into flour so it's more malleable into a smooth dough.
• 3 roll dough into two logs about 10" long each.
• 4 with a pastry brush, brush logs with beaten reserved egg , and dip/roll logs in a cinnamon-sugar mixture. place 1 tablespoon cinnamon and 3 tablespoons sugar on a sheet of waxed paper for easy clean-up.
• 5 cut roll into 1/4" inch slices and put on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• 6 bake at 375°f for 10-12 minutes-- do not over bake.
• 7 cool sheets completely between batches by either running'underside' of hot sheets under cold water, or alternate using extra sheets.