- Mix 1 cup sugar and butter in bowl. Add yolks and stir until smooth. Add flour and baking soda and stir until soft dough forms.
- Roll out dough. Cut into 2-inch rounds. Place on baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees until pale gold, 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make syrup. Bring remaining 1 cup sugar and water to boil in saucepan and cook until syrup spins a long thread, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and season with vanilla and cloves to taste.
- Remove cookies from oven when golden and cool. Pour hot syrup over cookies. Serve at room temperature.
- This recipe yields about 30 (2-inch) cookies.
- Each cookie: 124 calories, 48 mg sodium, 31 mg cholesterol, 5 grams fat, 19 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram protein, 0.02 gram fiber
Notes:
Recipe from "The Best of Albanian Cooking" by Klementina and R. John Hysa (Hippocrene Books, $22.50) |
