Nut Rolls

Photo: flickr user vilsack

Ingredients

5 cups Flour (sifted)

1 teaspoon Salt

1/2 pound Butter

1 pkt Yeast

1/2 pound Crisco

1/2 cup Milk

3 Eggs

1/2 pint Sour Cream

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/4 pound Butter

1 pound Ground nuts

1/2 cup Honey

1/2 cup Sugar (to taste)

Preparation

Sift flour, baking powder and salt; work in butter and crisco with hands. Add eggs and work together. Add yeast to dough. Add milk and sour cream. Knead for a few minutes. Set aside for about 2 hours to rise. Roll out on board which has been covered with sugar. Fill with nut filling. Bake in moderate oven about 25 minutes.

Filling: Melt butter in pan. Add honey and cook for a few minutes. Add ground nuts and sugar. Cool.

Original recipe called for "cake yeast". You might want to start the dry yeast in a small amount of lukewarm water before adding.