Westphalien Kipferdln

Total Time: 1 hr 12 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 4 egg yolks
• 5 cups cake flour
• 3/4 lb sweet butter
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup lukewarm milk
• 1/2 ounce yeast
• grated rind from 1 lemon
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 cup grated nuts
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 the dough:.
• 2 place yeast in milk to dissolve.
• 3 place flour and salt on board or in bowl and work in the butter.
• 4 add sugar, egg yolks and milk-yeast mixture, working the whole quickly into a firm dough. add grated lemon rind and work it into the dough.
• 5 roll out 1/4" thick and cut into 2" squares.
• 6 cover dough and prepare filling.
• 7 the filling:.
• 8 mix nuts with egg yolks and vanilla and set aside.
• 9 boil sugar and water carefully till it spins a thread between your thumb and forefinger when tested. remove from heat.
• 10 pour it over nut mixture and stir hard with a fork.
• 11 mixture will resemble a very dry paste. that's okay.
• 12 place 1/2 teaspoon nut mixture on each dough square, roll up and turn ends to form crescent shape.
• 13 place on greased cookie sheets and bake at 350 degrees f. until golden and done. check after 12 minutes.
• 14 dust liberally with powdered sugar while still hot.
• 15 note: don't be tempted to load more filling than specified onto these crescents or they'll have a tendency to explode because the filling expands during baking.