Lattice Gate Cookies- Hungarian - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter/margarine
3 c. sifted flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
grated rind of 1 lemon
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1 large egg
1/2 c. sour cream
1 to 1 1/2 c. preserves (apricot or raspberry)

Preparation

Mix butter and flour as for pie crust.
Add sugar, soda and lemon rind.
Make small hollow in center; put in egg (I mix with fork first) and mix well.
Add sour cream; mix well.
Take 2/3 of dough and roll out to fit 11 x 15-inch pan.
Run dough part way up sides of pan.
Spread preserves on dough.
Roll rest of dough for top; cut in strips and lay in lattice design.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 20 minutes.
Cool.
Cut in squares.
Dust with powdered sugar.