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Babes Wrapped in Swaddling Clothes

Source of Recipe

Posted by Bev


List of Ingredients

Dough;
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 8-ounce container sour cream
2 egg yolks (reserve the whites for the filling below)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Confectioners’ sugarFilling:
2 egg whites, reserved form making dough
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup walnuts, chopped fine
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt



Recipe

Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl. Cut in butter until grainy.

In a small bowl, combine sour cream, egg yolks and lemon juice. Blend the sour cream mixture into the flour mixture. Knead together to form a smooth dough.

Place the dough on plastic wrap and pat it into a 6 x 8-inch rectangle. Wrap and refrigerate 2 hours, or overnight. Meanwhile, for the filling, whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually whip in sugar to form a meringue. Whip until the meringue holds soft peaks. Fold in the remaining filling ingredients.

Preheat oven to 350º

Dust a rolling pin and the counter with flour. Roll the chilled dough out into a thin (1/8-inch maximum) rectangle on the floured counter. Trim the edges so the rectangle measures 24 x 15-inches. Cut the dough into 3-inch squares and dust with confectioners’ sugar. Place a rounded teaspoon of the filling in the center of each dough square. With a tiny bit of water, dampen two opposite corners. Fold the two opposite corners over each other and press the centers together lightly. Place the cookies on a nonstick baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.