Kifles (Nut Rolls Or Horns) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Dough
4 cups flour
2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes yeast
1 cup butter
4 egg yolks, save whites
1 cup sour cream
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Filling
2 cups ground nuts
1 cup sugar
4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Combine nuts, sugar and vanilla.
Fold in egg whites; set aside.
Put flour into a large bowl.
Add the yeast to the egg yolks in a small bowl and let soften.
Cut butter into the flour until crumbly.
Add egg yolks and yeast and sour cream.
Mix well until it forms a smooth ball.
Form into 10 balls and chill.
Mix 1 cup granulated and 1 cup powdered sugar.
On counter top, sprinkle a spoonful of sugar mixture, place 1 ball on the sugar, add more sugar on top, roll out ball Roll until dough is 1/8-inch thick, forming a circle.
Cut the circle into 8 pie-shaped wedges.
Fill the wide end of each wedge with 1 level teaspoon of filling.
Roll from wide end to the point.
Continue with all the balls.
Place on greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 325\u00b0F for 15 minutes.