Czechoslovakan Cookies

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. 2
   Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. 3
   Add the egg yolks and blend well, gradually add flour and mix thoroughly dough well be really stiff.
4. 4
   Fold in the pecans.
5. 5
   Spoon a little than half of the dough into an 8x8 inch ungreased pan.
6. 6
   Cover with preserves.
7. 7
   Pat down the dough, making sure to form a little edge of dough around the pan (this will help to ensure that the preserves will not leak out and burn during baking).
8. 8
   Using small handfuls of the remaining dough, pat the dough in your hands to form a small flat disk, lay on top of preserves, use up rest of the dough in the same manner, making sure that no preserves are left uncovered.
9. 9
   Cover edges of dough with aluminum foil so that the edges will not brown to fast.
10. 10
    Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
11. 11
    When the pan is cool, cut into small bars and dust with powdered sugar.