Ingredients:
- 2 cups all -purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces cold cream cheese (cubed)
- 1 cup cold unsalted butter (cubed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk (Save the whites for the egg wash.)
- Confectioners sugar for dusting
Filling:
- 2 cups walnuts
- 1/4 melted butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup Turbinado sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dough Instructions (to be completed 4-8 hours beforehand):
- To the bowl of a full-size food processor add the flour and salt. Pulse a few times to combine.
- Add the cutes of cream cheese and butter, pulse until coarse crumbs form. Do not over blend.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the vanilla and egg yolk. Add it to the processor
- Lightly dust the counter with powdered sugar, turn out the dough and gather it into a ball. Divide the ball into 4 equal portions and flatten into 1″ disks.
- Wrap each disc separately and refrigerate overnight.
Filling & Construction:
- Add walnuts to the food processor and pulse into tiny crumbs. Add them to a bowl and combine with sugar, butter, honey and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or tin foil.
- Sprinkle the work surface & dough disc with powdered sugar and roll out the dough until it is 1/8 inch thick.
- Cut into rectangles approximately 2″x 1.5″ and form the trimmed edges into a disc & put it back into the fridge.
- Cut 4 slits along one long side, approximately 1/3 the depth.
- Take 1 teaspoon scoop of walnut filling and form it into a log and lay it along the other long side of the rectangle, opposite from the slits.
- Roll the dough around the filling and pinch the ends closed. Set on the cookie sheet and curve the ends to form a crescent shape. The slits will be on the outside of the curve.
- REFRIDGERATE on the baking sheet for 20-30 minutes.
Baking:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Add a splash of water to the egg white and whisk. Brush on the top of the cold cookies. Sprinkle with Turbinado sugar.
- Bake until golden-brown, about 15-20 minutes.
- Cool on the baking sheet for 5 min, then transfer to a wire rack.
- Try to save some in a Lock-N-Lock to share with others.
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