Angel Horns Recipe
- 4 c. Sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 c. Butter or possibly margarine plus
- 1 Tbsp. Butter or possibly margarine
- 1 x Cake compressed yeast, crumbled (see note)
- 1/2 c. Commercial sour crem
- 4 x Egg yolks, well beaten
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract Confectioner's sugar
- 4 x Egg whites, room temperature
- 1 c. Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 c. Finely grnd nuts
- Cookies: Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly grease cookie sheet with unsalted shortening.
- Sift together flour and salt into a large bowl.
- Add in half the butter and cut it in with a pastry blender or possibly two knives till the mix looks like coarse meal.
- Cut in remaining butter till it looks like large peas.
- Add in crumbled yeast.
- Add in lowfat sour cream and mix well.
- Beat egg yolks till frothy; add in vanilla and blend egg mix into butter mix.
- If necessary, knead dough on a lightly floured board till smooth.
- Divide dough into 8 parts and roll one portion at a time.
- On a floured board, roll each portion into 8 wedge-shaped pcs.
- 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 min, or possibly till lightly browned.
- Remove cookies to wire cake racks and cold.
- Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar when cooled.
- Makes 64 cookies.
- NOTE: 1 package active dry yeast dissolved in 2 Tbsp.
- hot water
- (105-115 degrees) may be substituted for cake yeast.
- Nut Filling: In the small bowl of an electric mixer beat egg whites till soft peaks form.
- Gradually add in sugar and vanilla and beat till stiff peaks form.
- Blend in grnd nuts.
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Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/angel-horns-65422 (may not work)