Pillow Cookies
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
3-4 dozen
ingredients
-
Dough
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 6 egg yolks (you will use the whites in the filling)
- 1⁄2 cup cream (or half and half)
-
Filling
- 1 lb walnuts, ground
- 2 cups icing sugar
- 6 egg whites
directions
- Dough:.
- Sift flour, then measure. Cut the butter into the flour.
- Beat egg yolks well & mix with the cream. Add to flour mixture.
- When dough is well-mixed, shape into small walnut-sized balls.
- Place in the refrigerator overnight.
- Filling:.
- Beat the egg whites stiff, then beat in the icing sugar slowly.
- Add the nuts and mix well.
- To Assemble Cookies:.
- Preheat oven to 375*. Roll out each dough ball "thin" on a floured surface.
- Place 1 teaspoon filling on each.
- Fold the dough over to the shape of a pillow.
- Bake @ 375* for 10 minutes. The cookies will stay a very light colour.
- Dust with icing sugar.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
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