Ingredients
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Cookie Dough
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 tablespoon light cream or 1 tablespoon half-and-half
Filling
3/4 cup applesauce
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 tablespoons powdered sugar
Preparation
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Filling: Combine all filling ingredients together in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.
Cookie Dough: Sift together flour and salt, then cut in butter.
Stir in powdered sugar and lemon rind.
Add egg, vanilla & light cream, then mix until dough is smooth.
Form into a ball. Roll out 1/4 of dough on floured pastry cloth to 1/8 inch thick. Cut into rounds with 1 1/2\" cutter.
Place rounds on a greased baking sheet (or line with parchment) and top each with 1 Tblsp of apple filling (keep in a mound).
Roll remaining dough with your hands on a cloth into pencil like strips 8 inches long and 1/2 inch thick. Wind one strip in a spiral fashion around the filling of each cookie, beginning at the base and gradually close at the top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
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