Viennese nut squares

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Moderate

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1/2 lb Sweet butter 3 tb Sugar
2 1/4 c Flour 1 Lemon (juice and peel)
2 Eggs 1/2 c Apricot preserves

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4 Eggs, separated 1 c Granulated sugar
1/2 lb Chopped pecans

Cut butter into flour until the size of small peas. Beat eggs and add
with sugar, lemon juice and peel. Save out 1 cup of this dough. Roll
out remaining dough to fit bottom and side of a greased 9x13" pan.
Spread the dough with apricot preserves. Chill while preparing
filling.

Filling: Mix egg yolks with sugar; add nuts. Beat egg whites until
stiff. Carefully fold in nut mixture. Spread over apricots. Roll out
saved dough. Cut in 1/2" strips to form a diagonal lattice on top of
filling. Bake at 350'F. 60-75 minutes until golden.