Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe

Sarah's therapy yesterday was to bake cookies

She said stirring the dough strengthens her arms...........

How wonderful..........

I am not sure what kind of cookies Sarah made

but below are a couple of cookie recipes

to share.

http://recipeland.com/recipe/v/Kifli-Hungarian-Walnut-Cookies-16827

Hungarian Kifli cookies from this site

Hungarian Kifli Cookies

Ingredients

Dough
4 3/4	cups	flour, all-purpose	unsifted
2	cups	butter	or margarine
4	large	egg yolks	slightly beaten
1	cup	sour cream
Filling
5	cups	walnuts	shelled, ground
1	cup	sugar	granulated
1/2	cup	milk
1	tablespoon	almond extract	*
Glaze
1	large	egg	beaten
1	x	powdered sugar	*

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Directions

Make dough: in a large bowl, place the flour and the butter.

Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Add the egg yolks and sour cream; stir with a fork until combined.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board or pastry cloth. Knead the dough with your hands until it is smooth and can be shaped into a ball. If dough is too sticky, knead in more flour.

If desired, wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Make filling: In a medium-sized bowl, place the ground walnuts, granulated sugar, milk and almond extract.

Using a wooden spoon, stir in walnut mixture until ingredients are thoroughly combined.

Prehead oven to 400F.

Grease baking sheets with solid vegetable shortening.

To shape Kifli: divide the dough into quarters; wrap three of the quarters separately in plastic wrap and set aside.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out the remaining quarter of the dough to a 15 x 12 inch rectangle that is 1/8 inch thick.

Using a pastry wheel, cut the rectangle of dough into 3-inch squares.

Place a heaping teaspoon of the walnut filling in the center of each square; bring one corner of the dough over the filling to the opposite corner; pinch edges together.

Place Kifli on baking sheets; brush with the beaten egg.

Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies are golden brown. Remove from the baking sheet.

Fill the bottom of a pie plata with confectioners' sugar. Roll Kifli in the sugar.

Let cool on wire racks. Repeat steps with the remaining three quarters of dough.

First published: 1996-01-27 last updated: 2012-10-01

Neiman Marcus Cookie Recipe

recipe....

(Recipe may be halved):
2 cups butter
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups brown sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal (measure oatmeal and blend in blender to a fine powder)
24 oz. chocolate chips
1 tsp. salt
1 8 oz. Hershey bar (grated)
4 eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
3 cups chopped nuts (your choice)
2 tsp. vanilla 

Cream the butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; mix together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add chocolate chips, Hershey bar and nuts. Roll into balls and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet..Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees. Makes 112 cookies.. Have Fun!!!

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