Kipfel

Total Time: 47 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 egg whites
• 1 1/4 cups ground nuts
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• sifted powdered sugar
• cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 in a medium mixing bowl cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 2 stir in the 1/4 cup sugar.
• 3 make a well in the center.
• 4 combine egg yolks and sour cream; add to flour mixture and stir until mixture forms a ball.
• 5 divide dough in half, and keep one half of the dough tightly covered.
• 6 on a lightly floured surface, roll the other half of dough to 1/16" thickness, and cut into 4" rounds.
• 7 for filling, beat egg whites slightly.
• 8 add ground nuts, the 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice& the 3/4 tsp cinnamon.
• 9 spread a rounded teaspoon of filling onto each round to within 1/4" of edge.
• 10 roll up jelly-roll style; with seam sides down, press ends with tines of a fork to seal.
• 11 place on ungreased cookie sheets with seam sides down.
• 12 bake at 375°f for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 13 transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
• 14 sprinkle with a mixture of powdered sugar& cinnamon.