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:

2 cups

Butter

1

Egg

1 tsp

Salt

1.333333 cups

White Sugar

2 tbsps

Ground Cinnamon

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