Walnut Icebox Kipfels

Total Time: 26 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup milk, warm
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope yeast
• 2 1/4 cups flour, plus
• 2 tablespoons flour, divided
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1 3/4 cups sugar, divided
• 3/4 lb walnuts, finely ground
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 make the dough - night before.
• 2 mix milk, sugar and yeast. let stand until it rises and thickens.
• 3 cut butter into 2 1/4 cups flour with mixer or pastry blender.
• 4 make well and add egg yolks and yeast mixture.
• 5 mix well and knead on floured board until smooth and not sticky.
• 6 divide dough evenly into 6 balls. place in floured 9 x 12 pan, cover and refrigerate overnight. they should increase slightly in size.
• 7 make the nut filling - night before.
• 8 beat the egg whites until stiff.
• 9 add the nuts, 3/4 cups sugar and lemon juice. mix well.
• 10 press the nut filling into a square pan, cover and refrigerate overnight.
• 11 getting ready - next day.
• 12 take the dough balls out of the refrigerator at least 4 hours before you will begin rolling them out.
• 13 take the nut filling out just before rolling the dough out. cut the nut filling into 48 portions (6 x 8 rows) like you are cutting up bar cookies.
• 14 mix together remaining 1 cup of sugar and 2 tablespoons flour.
• 15 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 16 sprinkle work surface liberally with sugar/flour mixture to prevent dough from sticking.
• 17 roll one dough out to 10 inch circle.
• 18 using pizza cutter or knife, cut each circle into 8 slices (like a pizza).
• 19 put one nut portion at the large end of a slice; roll from large end to point, tucking in sides, forming a crescent. trt to keep them pinched close so the filling doesn't leak out during baking.
• 20 place on ungreased cookie sheet with point on bottom. you can probably fit at least 16 cookies per tray.
• 21 continue until all dough is rolled and filled using plenty of sugar/flour mixture to prevent sticking.
• 22 bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until dough is golden. remove from oven and remove cookies from tray immediately to prevent sticking. cool on wire rack.