HORNS-OF-PLENTY

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I have been making these cookies every Thanksgiving and Christmas for over 30 years, they are a requested favorite, and I have won blue ribbons at the state fair with them twice. The dough is so flaky it melts in your mouth. NOTE: Although you use yeast, you do not let them rise, this is what gives them their delicious tenderness

Provided by Monica Valenti @ChefMJV

Categories     Other Desserts

Number Of Ingredients 22

2 cup(s) flour
1 tablespoon(s) sugar
1/8 teaspoon(s) salt
3/4 cup(s) butter, unsalted
MIX ALL TOGETHER LIKE PIE CRUST
1 package(s) active dry yeast disolved in 5 tablespoons warm water
2 - egg yolks beaten slightly (reserve whites for filling)
MIX TOGETHER
THEN MIX FIRST MIXTURE WITH SECOND MIXTURE LIGHTLY WITH FORK
FILLING
2 - egg whites stiffly beaten
1/2 cup(s) sugar add to egg whites
- cinnamon
- chopped pecans
- chocolate chips, mini
- shredded coconut
- raisins or craisins
ICING
- powdered sugar
- vanilla
- milk
- food coloring orange for thanksgiving, red and green for christmas

Steps:

  • Mix first two mixtures together lightly with fork.
  • Form dough into ball: cut into 4 equal parts
  • Roll 1 part at a time on well floured board or between two sheets of wax paper, to form a 9" circle
  • spread with 1/4 of egg white mixture, sprinkle with cinnamon, nuts, choc. chips, coconut, and raisins.
  • cut into 8 pie shaped pieces..like a pizza
  • roll each piece starting at wide end like a butterhorn
  • bake on greased cookie sheet at 375 for about 15 minutes..till just lightly browned
  • Frost while still warm with powdered sugar icing

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