Czechoslovakan Cookies

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My husbands grandmother gave me this recipe. Now that she is no longer with us, i bake these every christmas.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 325 degrees f.

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Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

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Add the egg yolks and blend well , gradually add flour and mix thoroughly dough well be really stiff.

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Fold in the pecans.

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Spoon a little than half of the dough into an 8x8 inch ungreased pan.

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Cover with preserves.

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Pat down the dough , making sure to form a little edge of dough around the pan.

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Using small handfuls of the remaining dough , pat the dough in your hands to form a small flat disk , lay on top of preserves , use up rest of the dough in the same manner , making sure that no preserves are left uncovered.

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Cover edges of dough with aluminum foil so that the edges will not brown to fast.

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Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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When the pan is cool , cut into small bars and dust with powdered sugar.

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Ingredients

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butter, granulated sugar, egg yolks, flour, strawberry preserves, pecans, powdered sugar