Kipfels

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 eggs
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup butter
• 2 1/3 cups walnuts
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Recipe

• mix together flour, eggs, cream cheese and butter. mix until well blended and refrigerate until firm.
• to make filling: grind walnuts very fine or put finely chopped nuts between pieces of wax paper and roll with rolling pin to mash them. put mashed nuts in a saucepan with evaporated milk, sugar and vanilla. boil until mixture becomes thick. simmer on low heat.
• roll out small pieces of dough in confectioner's sugar. put a small amount of filling on each piece and roll up; shape each into crescent shape. bake at 350 degrees f (180 degrees c) on greased cookie sheets for about 20 minutes.