Cream Cheese Bells Recipe

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Since I was raised on a dairy farm, the ingredients in this recipe suit me fine! These delicious cookies freeze well, although most of them get gobbled up before I have a chance to get them in the freezer.

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Cream Cheese Bells Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

25 15 40

Ingredients

7 tablespoons butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 egg yolks
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
FILLING:
2-1/2 cups ground pecans or walnuts
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 egg white
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks. Gradually add the flour and mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove from refrigerator about 1 hour before rolling.
For filling, in a small bowl, combine the nuts, sugar, butter and egg white; set aside. Divide dough into fourths. On a floured surface, roll out each portion to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a 2-3/4-in. round cookie cutter.
Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Place 1 teaspoon filling in center of each circle. Shape into a cone by folding edges of dough to meet over filling. Moisten edges with water and pinch edges together.
Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks. Sprinkle cooled cookies with confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 203 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 42 mg cholesterol, 84 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Cream Cheese Bells in Best of Country Cookies , p53