Ukrainian Tea Cookies (Bublyky)

Very tasty Ukrainian tea cookie. The hard cooked egg yolks makes it very rich and tasty.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 2 dozen about

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2  juice and lemon, zest of, grated
• 2  egg yolks
• 5  hard cooked  egg yolks
• 1⁄2 cup  blanched almond, ground
• 2 1⁄2 cups  sifted flour
• 1  egg white, slightly beaten for glaze
• 1  cup  almonds, chopped fine
• 1  cup sugar

Directions

1. Cream the butter with the sugar and lemon rind until light. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well.
2. Press the hard cooked egg yolks through a sieve and add to the creamed mixture along with the lemon juice and grated lemon rind. Stir in the blanched (no skins) nuts, and then the flour; mix thoroughly.
3. Break off small pieces of dough, roll into finger lengths of pencil thickness, and shape them into rings.
4. Mix finely chopped almonds with the 1 cup sugar.
5. Dip each ring into a slightly beaten egg white and then into the almond-sugar mixture.
6. Place the rings on a greased baking sheet and bake them in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) for 15 minutes, or until delicately browned.