Cream Cheese Crescents
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
6 dozen
- Serves:
- 72
ingredients
-
Pastry
- 4 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese
- 1 lb butter, softened (no substitutes)
- 4 cups flour
-
Nut filling
- 1 lb about 3 cups ground nuts
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 egg whites, beaten until stiff
- powdered sugar, to roll out dough
- granulated sugar, to roll crescent in before baking
directions
- For pastry, work ingredients into a smooth dough. Place in refrigerator overnight.
- Divide dough and roll on powdered sugar-covered board or pastry cloth. Cut into about 2-inch squares.
- For filling, combine ground nuts, sugar and egg whites. (Egg whites make filling more moist and holds filling together better).
- Fill and bring opposite corners together, bringing one corner down to form a triangle, then roll into a crescent. This is to prevent opening when baking.
- After crescents are formed, roll in granulated sugar before baking.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until delicately browned.
- Remove from pan to cooling rack.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CookingONTheSide
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
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