Yia Yia's Pantry

Dough

• 4 cups flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 3 tsp. sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 pkg. yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 cup milk

Mix flour, sugar, and salt together. Cut butter into flour mixture. Mix yeast with warm water adding a pinch of sugar in a small bowl. Separate eggs and beat egg yolks. Add yeast and egg yolks to the flour mixture. Knead dough well. Chill overnight.

Filling

• 3 egg whites
• 1/ 2 stick butter
• 1 cup walnuts

Beat together filling ingredients. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Roll out into rectangular pieces. Spread the filling mixture onto each dough rectangle. Roll up carefully.

Place the seam side down onto a greased cookie sheet and shape it into a crescent. 2 per cookie sheet. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Let cool.

Frosting

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 2 T sugar
• 1/4 cup cream

For frosting, cream butter, add powdered sugar and cream, and beat well. Frost and decorate with sprinkled nuts and maraschino cherries.

Recipe by Thelma Kolendrianos given to her by Cathy Alex.