Italian Nut Rollscookies Food

ITALIAN NUT ROLLS/COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Make dough the night before baking: Beat egg yolks. Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten yolks. Add the rest of the dough ingredients. Refrigerate overnight.
• 2. Make filling the night before baking: Beat egg whites. Add other ingredients. Mix well. Refrigerate overnight.
• 3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 4. Roll dough in flour mixed with powder sugar. Make 3 inch squares. Put 1/2 tsp filling in center of square. Fold up 2 opposite corners. Brush with egg white and roll in powdered sugar.
• 5. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 12-15 minutes. (check after 12 minutes - don't overcook). After cookie is cooled, roll in powder sugar again.

NUT ROLL COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cookie Dough: Mix cream cheese, butter and flour. Mix well, take a spoon full of dough and roll into a ball, after rolling dough into balls put in refrigerator to chill.
• 2. As dough is chilling make your filing.
• 3. Take your crushed nuts, sugar and milk and mix together well.
• 4. Roll your dough balls in powdered sugar and roll out. Drop some filling on the flattened dough and roll up. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes on ungreased cookie sheet. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when half cool

HORN WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, beat 1 cup butter and the cream cheese until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Gradually add flour, beating until mixture forms a ball. Divide dough into four portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 12-in. circle. , Melt the remaining 1 teaspoon butter. In a large bowl, combine walnuts, 3/4 cup sugar, milk, vanilla, salt and melted butter. Spread over circles. Cut each into 12 wedges. Roll up wedges, starting from the wide ends., Place point side down on greased baking sheets. Curve ends to form crescents. Bake until lightly browned, 35-40 minutes. Remove to wire racks., Place remaining sugar in a small shallow bowl. Roll warm cookies in sugar.