Kifles

This recipe is from Grandma Litzi. She rolled hers out on this great big tablecloth (that a few years back was in such tatters I had to toss it) for dough so this mix is a little wet for rolling out on just a floured surface. I am looking for a similar big white tablecloth so I can do this recipe a little more justice again. She also mixed this all by hand with a pastry cutter - I am lucky enough to have a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment.

This makes alot and I usually halve it.

6 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar
6 egg yolks
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1.5 cups Crisco
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream

Mix flour, salt and baking powder and add butter and crisco. Beat egg yolks and add to flour mix. Then add sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Mix well - it should be like pie dough. Chill dough.

Roll 1/8" thick and cut into 3 inch squares. Fill with Walnut FIlling (recipe follows).

Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool and cover with powdered sugar.


Walnut Filling
1.25 lbs walnuts, ground fine
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 tbl almond extract
Process the walnuts in food processor, then add the rest of ingredients. It will come out paste like.