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Prep Time: 60 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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As a girl, my mother made these for special occasions and we loved them! When I was working with the young women at church, I made them for the girls and they loved them too. They look like beehives and have a wonderful apple-walnut filling. Yum! Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/4 teaspoon salt |
2/3 cup butter |
2/3 cup powdered sugar |
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind |
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
1 large egg |
1 tablespoon light cream or 1 tablespoon half-and-half |
3/4 cup applesauce |
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind |
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans |
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
4 tablespoons powdered sugar |
Directions:
1. Filling: Combine all filling ingredients together in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
2. Cookie Dough: Sift together flour and salt, then cut in butter.
3. Stir in powdered sugar and lemon rind.
4. Add egg, vanilla & light cream, then mix until dough is smooth.
5. Form into a ball. Roll out 1/4 of dough on floured pastry cloth to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds with 1 1/2 cutter.
6. Place rounds on a greased baking sheet (or line with parchment) and top each with 1 Tblsp of apple filling (keep in a mound).
7. Roll remaining dough with your hands on a cloth into pencil like strips 8 inches long and 1/2 inch thick. Wind one strip in a spiral fashion around the filling of each cookie, beginning at the base and gradually close at the top.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
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