Angel Horns

Title:
Angel Horns

Yield:
64 Servings

Categories:
Dessert




Ingredients:




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     4 c  Sifted all-purpose flour


   1/2 ts Salt


   1/2 c  Butter or margarine plus


     1 tb Butter or margarine


     1    Cake compressed yeast;


          -crumbled (see note)


   1/2 c  Commercial sour crem


     4    Egg yolks; well beaten


     1 ts Vanilla extract


          Confectioner's sugar





--------------------------------NUT
FILLING--------------------------------


     4    Egg whites; room temperature


     1 c  Sugar


     1 ts Vanilla extract


     1 c  Finely ground nuts





  Cookies: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheet with


 unsalted shortening. Sift together flour and salt into a large bowl. Add


 half the butter and cut it in with a pastry blender or two knives until the


 mixture looks like coarse meal. Cut in remaining butter until it looks like


 large peas. Add crumbled yeast. Add sour cream and mix well. Beat egg yolks


 until frothy; add vanilla and blend egg mixture into butter mixture. If


 necessary, knead dough on a lightly floured board until smooth. Divide


 dough into 8 parts and roll one portion at a time. On a floured board, roll


 each portion into 8 wedge-shaped pieces. Place 1 teaspoonful of the Nut


 Filling at the wider edge of each wedge. Roll up each wedge, starting at


 the wide side, and place on prepared cookie sheet with the point


 underneath. Bake 20-22 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove cookies to


 wire cake racks and cool. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar when cooled.


 Makes 64 cookies.


 


  NOTE: 1 package active dry yeast dissolved in 2 tablespoons warm water


 (105-115 degrees) may be substituted for cake yeast.


 


  Nut Filling: In the small bowl of an electric mixer beat egg whites until


 soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar and vanilla and beat until stiff peaks


 form. Blend in ground nuts.


 


 FROM FLORENCE PEKAR,


 


 REDBOOK, DEC 1972, "THE GREAT


 


 CHRISTMAS COOKIE-SWAP COOKBOOK"


 


 From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained


 lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc.  Downloaded from Glen's MM


 Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.