Babes Wrapped in Swaddling Clothes

Categories: None

Serves: 1 Servings

Ingredients:

-----------------------------------DOUGH-----------------------------------
4 c All-purpose flour
1 ts Salt
1 c Butter
1 Container (8-oz) sour cream
2 Egg yolks (reserve the
-whites for the meringue
-filling below)
1 tb Lemon juice
Confectioners sugar

Instructions:
----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------
2 Egg whites; reserved from
-making the dough
1/2 c Sugar
1 c Walnuts; chopped fine
2 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt

The Following recipes are from The Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas,
which is a beautiful book.

Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in the butter until
grainy. In a small bowl, combine the sour cream; egg yolks and lemon juice.
Blend the sour cream mixture into the flour mixture. Knead together to form
a smooth dough. Place the dough on plastic wrap and pat it into a 6 x
8-inch rectangle. Wrap and refrigerate 2 hours, or overnight.

filling: Whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually whip in the
sugar to form a meringue. Whip until the meringue holds soft peaks. Fold in
the remaining ingredients. Dust a rolling pin and the counter with flour.
Roll the chilled dough out into a thin (1/8-inch maximum) rectangle on the
floured counter. Trim the edges so the rectangle measures 24 x 15-inches.
Cut the dough into 3-inch squares and dust with confectioners' sugar. Place
a rounded teaspoon of the filling in the center of each dough square. With
a tiny bit of water, dampen two opposite corner. Fold the two opposite
corners over each other and press the center together lightly. Place the
cookies on a nonstick baking sheet and bake in a preheated 350 oven for 30
minutes, or until lightly browned.

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 306 by EABoz@aol.com on Nov 25,
1997

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