Christmas Logs
Serves: 2
Lelia Marks
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
50
Spice
48
Sweetness
49
Sourness
45
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.8
Difficulty
Ingredients:
8 cups
All-Purpose Flour2 cups
Butter1
Egg2 cups
Heavy Whipping Cream1 tsp
Salt1 tbsp
Vanilla Extract4 cups
Walnut (ground)1.333333 cups
White Sugar2 tbsps
Ground Cinnamon2 tbsps
Bread Crumb (dried)Directions:
1
Combine the flour, yeast and butter or margarine by hand until mixture is crumbly
2
Stir in the egg, egg yolks, heavy cream, salt and vanilla
3
Mix together and let stand in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight
4
Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks are formed
5
Mix the walnuts, 1 1/3 cups of the sugar, the cinnamon and bread crumbs
6
Stir in the egg whites and let the mixture stand for 1 hour
7
Divide the dough into fourths
8
On a surface sprinkled with white sugar, roll 1/4 of the dough out very thin (you should be almost able to see through the dough) into a rectangular or square shape
9
Spread 1/4 of the filling over the rolled dough
10
Cut the dough into 2 1/2x2 1/2 inch squares
11
Roll each square up like a jelly roll and place on a baking sheet
12
Repeat with the remaining dough and filling
13
Keep the dough you aren't working with in the refrigerator
14
Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 20 minutes
15
Keep a close eye on these cookies as they tend to burn easily because of the sugar that is on the dough