Junko’s Russian Tea Cookies

Junko’s Russian Tea Cookies

If doubling, throw in 2 egg yolks (or 1 whole egg)

Ingredients:

½ cup butter

½ cup powdered sugar

¼ tsp. salt

1 egg yolk

½ tsp. vanilla extract

1 ½ cup flour

½ cup chopped nuts (very finely chopped)

Directions:

Mix everything with hands. Add chopped nuts (optional), mix.

Roll into tiny balls. ~¾” diameter

Bake at 350˚ for ~15 minutes

Cool for a little while, then toss in a container of powdered sugar until well coated — yum!

Duck, according to Sonya

You have the duck breast, and you score the side with the fat on it

and then season — I usually use salt and pepper and rosemary, or salt and pepper and thyme, or whatever

Then you cook it fat-side down over pretty low heat

You can use oil but I used butter, cuz yum. And basically wait til the fat gets pretty melty — like maybe 15-20 mins. Longer than a steak, but also pretty low heat.

Then flip it and do like 6 mins

Ta da!

Then once you make the duck you have a bunch of fat to roast other stuff in

I poured it over some carrots and roasted them in the oven

Potatoes are better than carrots, but what can you do