another recipe

I promised Bobbie Smith that I'd look up my Oma's recipe for this one. I found two, both featuring almond paste. The first is what Oma called apricot kugel.

Ingredients

½ Lb. (225g) margarine

1 cup sugar

4 egg yolks (reserve one white)

3 cups general purpose flour

1 lemon

apricot preserves

Directions

Juice lemon and grate rind. Using a dough or low speed mixer, blend other ingredients.

Grease a cookie tin, then sprinkle with flour. Use half the dough. "Spread the dough over the bottom like you were making brownies."¹

Cover with a layer of apricot preserves.

1Oma's exact words.

The next is for almond dough "cigars".

Ingredients

1 can (8 oz. 227g) almond paste

1 cup powdered sugar

1 cup granulated sugar

1 egg white

½ tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Blend at low speed until uniform.

Roll the almond dough into long, thin "cigars", about 1 cm (½ inch) wide. Keep your hands wet while rolling to prevent the dough from sticking to you. (It's not a bad idea to take off any rings while working dough. If you do not, you may end up with a surprize gift in your pastry or bread.)

Place cigars on apricot preserve layer. Flatten with a moistened fork.

Bake at 325°F (163°C) on lowest rack for 15 minutes. Add second layer of cake, preserves and "cigars". Bake again.

Allow to cool. Cut into square cookies

(Keks).

These are both quite good. The combination of apricot and almond is sweet, but not overly so. Enjoy.