Burekaboy Diagonals Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 35oF.line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease the sheet.
• in a mixing bowl, beat the butter and the sugar, vanilla or almond extract and salt till creamy.
• add the flour in gradually till all has been incorporated.
• make a ball and then divide the dough equally into 3 portions.
• with your hands, roll out each ball into a length which measures about 8 1/2 to 9 inches. you will notice that it may crack while you're rolling it out. don't worry about that, just squeeze it together and work it so it extends.
• carefully place the ropes on cookie sheet.
• once on the sheet, take your finger and press into it about a 1/4 inch from the top edge. you need a border.
• press all the way down the dough until you reach about 1/4 inch.
• in a bowl, place 1 tbsp (maybe 1/2 to 1 tsp extra, if needed) of apricot preserves or jam and mix it well to break up any lumps.
• place this tablespoon of preserves all along the length of one "canoe". repeat two more times.
• sprinkle some sliced almonds on top if you like.
• place the cookies in the oven for 17 to 20 minutes.Take them out and cool.
• cut the "canoes" diagonally.
• In his blog:
• http://is-that-my-bureka.blogspot.com/2007/06/weekend-goodies-project.html
• Burekaboy is explaining in details each step illustrating by pictures.