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Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand

Show: Sweet Dreams

Episode: Sweets By Mail

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Total:: 5 hr 20 min
Prep:: 5 hr
Cook:: 20 min

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 cube cake yeast
1 cup heavy cream
3 egg yolks
Filling, recipe follows

Filling:

1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup raisins

Directions

Dough: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix butter with dry ingredients until sandy. Crumble yeast into cream and stir in the yolks. Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients to make a dough and chill it for 3 to 4 hours or more. Roll out 1/3 of the pastry thin, into a circle.

Filling: Combine sugar, cinnamon and nuts and sprinkle onto the dough. Dot with golden raisins.

Cut into triangles and roll up starting at the wide end and place on a greased cookie sheet, point side down. Repeat with remaining dough. Let rise 30 minutes at room temperature. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.

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Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter; 4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup sugar; 1 cube cake yeast; 1 cup heavy cream; 3 egg yolks; Filling, recipe follows; 1/2 cup sugar; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1/4 cup chopped pecans; 1/4 cup raisins