Cigar Kifli

Total Time: 10 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon alum, powder
• 1 lb sweet butter
• 12 egg yolks
• 12 egg whites
• 5 cups ground walnuts
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• granulated sugar
• vanilla sugar (optional but good)

Recipe

• 1 for the dough:.
• 2 combine flour, alum powder and butter, blending well with fingers.
• 3 add egg yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each.
• 4 knead until like pie dough, first in mixing bowl and then on lightly floured board.
• 5 at this stage, dough will be very soft and mushy looking, but don't panic.
• 6 make walnut sized balls of dough and refrigerate overnight in covered container.
• 7 next day make the filling.
• 8 for the filling:.
• 9 beat egg whites until very stiff.
• 10 fold in ground nuts and confectioners sugar.
• 11 set it aside.
• 12 assembly:.
• 13 roll out balls of dough, one piece at a time on floured board.
• 14 roll thin, to about a three inch diameter.
• 15 working fast, place about one teaspoon of filling on dough circle.
• 16 roll into cigar shape, keeping filling inside.
• 17 work with only one small group of dough balls at a time and keep rest chilled until ready to use.
• 18 place seam side down on ungreased cookie sheets and bake in 350 degree f. oven for 15 to 17 minutes, until golden brown.
• 19 roll while warm in about one cup of granulated sugar that has been mixed with a packet of vanilla sugar or two tablespoons home-made vanilla sugar.