Apple Mazurek

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 12 peeled cored and sliced apples
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 lemon, zest of

Recipe

• 1 apple topping: boil sugar, water, and lemon juice to thick syrup.
• 2 add apple slices and boil slowly until glossy.
• 3 add grated rind.
• 4 cool while baking pastry base.
• 5 mazurek base: sift together all dry ingredients.
• 6 cut butter into flour until crumbly.
• 7 mix beaten egg with cream and add to flour mixture.
• 8 mix together lightly with hand and spread on buttered cookie sheet.
• 9 bake for 20 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
• 10 remove from oven and cover with apple topping.
• 11 bake 20 minutes longer.
• 12 when cool can be decorated with powdered sugar glaze and chopped nuts, if desired.
• 13 cut into 1x2 inch pieces.