Judy's Kiffel Recipe

1 lb butter

12 oz cream cheese (full fat)

4 cups flour

Cream butter and cheese, add flour until thoroughly mixed,

shape into 4 balls, cover each with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours.

Make Filling:

Filling:

1 lb ground nuts ( I use walnuts)

1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar

1/2 cup milk

2 egg whites slightly beaten

Mix all ingredients until blended, put in fridge until dough is ready.

When dough is chilled roll each ball out on 10X sugar till about 1/8 inch thick, cut into circles about (3 inch diameter). Fill with teaspoon of nut filling placed on top third of dough circle. Fold dough over filling, then fold over again and crimp edges. Resembles a little burrito.

Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for about 14 minutes, just until the bottoms start to turn golden. I use parchment on my cookie sheets. They don't seem to burn for me when I do that.

Remove from oven, sift 10X sugar over while still hot. Cool and store.

INSIDE OUT ALMOND JOY MACAROONS

1 package (14 oz.) sweetened shredded coconut, divided

1/4 C. all purpose flour

1/4 C. sugar

1/4 C. light corn syrup

1/4 C. cream of coconut (such as Coco Casa or Coco Lopez -- DO NOT USE COCONUT MILK)

3 egg whites

2 T. unsalted butter, melted

1 t. vanilla extract

pinch of salt

32 chocolate 'kiss' candies with almonds, unwrapped

Mince 1 1/2 cups of the coconut in a food processor. (processing a portion of the coconut helps the dough hold together as it's shaped around the kisses) Transfer minced coconut to a bowl. Add the remaining coconut along with the other ingredients (except kisses). Mix gently with your hands until combined, then chill the dough for at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.

Preheat oven to 350, line two baking sheets with parchment paper or coat with nonstick spray.

Shape a heaping tablespoon of dough around a chocolate kiss, enclosing the candy completely. Arrange cookies on prepared baking sheets, spacing 1" apart. Bake until firm and deep golden at the base and light golden on top, 16-18 minutes.

Let the macaroons cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.

Makes 32 cookies

Snowball Cookies

1 cup of butter

1/3 cup of sugar

2 tsp. of water

2 tsp of vanilla

2 cups of flour

1 cup of chopped nuts (I use pecans)

powdered sugar

Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla and water. Mix well. Blend in flour and nuts. Gather dough together and wrap in cling wrap.

Chill four hours or overnight.

Shape into 48 equal size balls. Bake on un-greased cookie sheets, 325 degrees for 20 mins. (I’ll bake two sheets at a time – 24 cookies.)

Cool and roll in powdered sugar.