Italian Sour Cream Horns

photo by Nadia Melkowits

- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
16 cookies
ingredients
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Dough
- 1⁄4 ounce active dry yeast (regular, not rapid rise)
- 3 tablespoons warm water (110 to 115 degrees F)
- 4 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 cups butter, softened
- 3 egg yolks
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
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Filling
- 3 egg whites
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- powdered sugar
directions
- For dough: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Sift flour; add salt. Add butter, eggs yolks, sour cream.
- , vanilla and dissolved yeast mixture to flour mixture; work with hands until a moist dough forms. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours, or overnight.
- Divide dough into eight pieces. Dust rolling pin and work surfaces with powdered sugar. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll out dough to about 1/8 inch thickness (slightly thinner than pie dough, more like noodle dough).
- Cut dough into a circle approximately 8 inches in diameter. (You may want to use a stainless steel bowl and just press out a circle). Refrigerate dough circle. Continue rolling and cutting remaining dough, refrigerating circles as you go. Re-roll leftover dough pieces and cut into circles.
- Cut each circle of dough into 16 triangular pieces or wedges.
- For filling: Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar; beat until stiff. Fold in pecans and vanilla.
- Spread 1/2 teaspoon filling on each triangle of dough; roll up, beginning with largest end. Place roll, small end down, on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake in a 350 degrees F oven 10 to 12 minutes, or until slightly browned on bottom. Immediately transfer to racks to cool.
- Sift powdered sugar over cooled cookies. Store in airtight container. Yield: About 10 dozen cookies.
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