My mom would make these cookies every Christmas. The smell of the walnuts and the tangy dough are delightful!
Ingredients:
Dough:
1 cup butter room temperature
8 ounces of cream cheese room temperature
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon honey
4 cups flour
pinch of salt
Filling:
1 pound ground walnuts
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
honey and cinnamon to taste
Directions:
To make dough:
Mix cream cheese, butter, and sour cream together in a mixer. Add honey. Add 3- 3 1/2 cups of flour to form a stiff dough. Divide into three flat balls, wrap in plastic wrap, store in refrigerator overnight.
To make filling:
Combine walnuts, sugar, brown sugar, honey and cinnamon to create a wet paste. Add water if needed.
To make cookies:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sprinkle surface with flour and roll out dough to 1/4 inch. Cut dough into diamond shapes. Spoon filling onto one end of dough and roll into a crescent shape. Bake for 20 minutes. Let cool on wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when cool.
