Cream Cheese Crescents

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 lb cream cheese
• 1/2 grated lemon, rind of
• 1/2 grated orange, rind of
• fruit filling
• powdered sugar
• 1 beaten egg

Recipe

• 1 for dough:.
• 2 thoroughly mix flour, butter, cream cheese, orange and lemon rinds.
• 3 pinch off small pieces of dough, stack in bowl and refrigerate overnight.
• 4 assembly:.
• 5 in small bowl, beat egg and set aside.
• 6 roll out dough balls into 3" circles on board liberally sprinkled with powdered sugar.
• 7 fill with approximately 1/2 teaspoon of your choice filling.
• 8 roll up and curve into crescent shape.
• 9 place seam sides down on greased cookie sheet.
• 10 brush with beaten egg.
• 11 bake at 350 degrees f. for 20-25 minutes, however check at 15 minutes since some ovens bake somewhat faster.
• 12 makes about 80 crescents.