Kiflies

These are traditional for Christmas in my family. I have no idea where my great grandmother got the recipe though.

Pastry:

4 cups flour
1 lb butter or margarine
6 egg yolks
1/2 pt sour cream

Mix flour and butter like pastry. Stir in egg yolks and cream; beat until smooth. Shape into 2 long rolls as for ice box cookies. Wrap in wax paper and chill in refrigerator.

Note:[from my mom]
Over the years we discovered that there was usually a lot of filling left over, perhaps because we have put less filling in each cookie. We have found that 5 egg whites and 3/4 - 1 lb of nuts works

Filling:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1-1/2 lbs shelled pecans, chopped fine
1 lb confectioners sugar
6 egg whites, beaten stiff
lemon juice or almond extract (optional)

Fold sugar into beaten egg whites. add nuts and flavoring.
Cut pastry into 1/4" slices. cut these into 4 pieces. Roll each into a ball and roll out paper thin on lightly floured board (about 4" in diameter). Put 1 tsp of filling in middle. Roll up like jelly roll and curve into a crescent.

Bake about 20 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cool on racks.

[kristin buxton] [food]