Hungarian Lattice Pastry - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. sugar
1/2 pt. sour cream
1 tsp. baking powder
1 lb. ground nuts
nut filling (see following)
3/4 c. butter
1 Tbsp. vanilla
4 eggs
1 large jar preserves

Preparation

Sift flour, sugar and baking powder into a bowl.
Add butter and mix as for pie dough.
Mix together sour cream, egg yolks and vanilla.
Add this mixture to dough mixture and mix well.
Dough will be soft.
Roll a little more than 1/2 of dough into a jelly roll pan.
Spread the jam on top.
Beat egg whites and 1/2 cup sugar gradually until stiff, then fold in nuts.
Spread the nut mixture on the preserves.
Be careful not to mix the two toppings. Make narrow strips of dough in a crisscross pattern on top of nut filling.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes or until golden brown.