Noni's Crostata

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 3 -3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 lemon, zest of, grated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pint jam

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar. preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 stir in yolks one at a time then add lemon peel and vanilla; stir to combine.
• 3 next add 3 cups flour and the baking powder and stir well. if needed, add 1/2 cup flour to stiffen dough.
• 4 press all-except 1 cup-of dough into a cookie sheet and spread with your choice of jam. we've traditionally used raspberry, strawberry or plum.
• 5 roll out remaining cup of dough on a floured surface and cut into strip's. lay strip's in a criss-cross pattern on top of jam.
• 6 bake for 30 minutes or until golden.