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Brush the top of each cookie with egg wash, and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture or Christmas sprinkles. Bake for 8 - 10 minutes. Baking them longer will create a more crisp cookie, but you don't want them too dark either. I prefer most of my cookies soft and chewy, but Amish sand tart cookies are the best when they are thin and crunchy.
However, sand tarts are usually rolled thinner and brushed with egg wash. This creates a thin and crispy cookie. And sugar cookies are usually thicker, more cake-like cookies that get covered with frosting. Amish sand tarts are typically brushed with egg wash, then sprinkled with a cinnamon-sugar mixture, and have a walnut or pecan on the top.
For example, Amish sand tarts are brushed with an egg wash, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar and decorated with a pecan or walnut. Another popular decoration is colored sugar, especially around the holidays. Other common toppings include powdered sugar, almonds and sprinkles.
Some sand tart recipes, however, are hard to handle. If the dough is too soft and sticky, it's impossible to create a nice cut-out cookie. I baked two batches of Pennsylvania Dutch sand tart cookies this week. My first batch was really hard to work with. Even after chilling the dough for several hours, they were just too soft.