Filled Beehive Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    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
    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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