Aunt Fanny's Cookies

From Jo Ann Shirley's 1978 Cakes and Cookies cookbook. These are a pinwheel type cookie that has a sugar-cinnamon-walnut mixture rolled with a sugar dough. The dough does need to be chilled before rolling, but that chilling time has not been factored into the prep time. And I don't know how long they should be baked so let us all know if you try it!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 18
• Yields: 3 dozen

Ingredients

• 3  cups cake flour
• 3  tablespoons sugar
• 1  pinch salt
• 3  egg yolks
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄2 lb  chopped walnuts (small pieces)
• 1  cup sugar
• 2  teaspoons cinnamon
•  cream, enough to make a paste

Directions

1. Sift together flour, sugar and salt into a bowl. Add beaten egg yolks and milk and mix to a firm dough. Chill.
2. Combine walnuts, sugar and cinnamon. Add a little cream to make a paste.
3. Roll out dough in a long rectangle that is 1/8” thick. Spread walnut mixture over dough and roll up, starting with the long side. Cut into ¼” thick slices. Put onto greased cookie sheet.
4. Bake @ 375 degrees until golden brown.