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       Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COOKIES
  Categories: Cookies, Holidays, Ethnic
       Yield: 24 cookies
  
       1 c  Butter
       1 c  Sugar
       2    Egg yolks
       1 ts Vanilla
     1/8 ts Cardamom
     1/4 ts Allspice
       2 c  Flour
       1 c  Pecans, chopped
     1/2 c  Strawberry jam
  
   Cream butter until soft.  Add sugar gradually, beating until light and
   fluffy.  Add egg yolks and vanilla; beat hard.  Sift cardamom and
   allspice with flour; gradually add to butter mixture, mixing
   thoroughly. Stir in chopped nuts.  Spoon half of the dough into a
   greased 8 inch square cake pan; spread evenly.  Top with strawberry
   jam. Cover with remaining dough.
    Bake in 325 degree oven 1 hour or until lightly browned.  Cool.  Cut
   into about 1 1/2 inch squares. from Spices of the World Cookbook by
   McCormick
  
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