Even on a diet, we can still treat ourselves and our family to some Holiday Treats...I've lost over 20 pounds on Isagenix, been baking now for three days and had ONE COOKIE so that I can indulge a bit on Christmas while still keeping my eye on the prize of reaching my weight goal for this month of being under 170 pounds.
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| Santa's FAVORITE! |
One of my fondest memories from childhood was baking Christmas cookies with my mom. She was always smiling, happy, and loved the company...every great baker needs someone to lick the beaters and put the cookie sheets in the oven. My own favorite cookie from those days where Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns. It was a family recipe...top secret. With the advent of the internet, those family recipes are not so secret any more, and there is a good chance that the "Family Recipe" has been a favorite Christmas cookie in many homes for generations, just as in my own family. For me though, the recipe and the cookies created from it will always be Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns. If you love to bake, and if you love presenting a spectacular cookie, this one is for you.
Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns
Tip...when rolling out dough for this, other pastries and pie dough, use powdered sugar! OMG, the sweetest crust you will ever bite into.
Preheat oven to 375 before rolling out dough.
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| Roll out dough With Powdered Sugar |
Ingredients
4 Cups Flour (I always sift it once measured.)
1 teaspoon salt
1 packet yeast (I prefer the cake kind.)
1 1/4 cup butter...NOT MARGARINE!
3 egg yolks (Save the whites for later use.)
1 Cup Sour Cream
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla extract (not the imitation kind)
In mixer cream butter. Blend in egg yolks, yeast, vanilla and sour cream. Slowly begin adding flour using kneading hook (if you have one). My mom used to do this part by hand. Form large ball, cut into four wedges, make new small dough balls and place in frig for at least four hours, or overnight.
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| Fresh Out Of Oven |
Filling Ingredients
3 Egg Whites
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup finely chopped pecans.
1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
Beat egg whites till they begin to get foamy and air filled. Slowly add in Vanilla, and then the sugar beating at med high speed to make your meringue. Gently fold in pecans.
Roll out dough in a nice big circle (about 12 inches). You want the dough nice and thin, and easy to roll. Cut into eight pie shaped pieces. Spoon in filling and roll up into a crescent roll shape and place on cookie sheet. Bake 15-20 minutes until the cookies are a beautiful golden brown. Remove from oven and carefully put cookies on cooling racks and immediately (and delicately) sprinkle powdered sugar over them.
One or two of these with a festive Isagenix Isalean Shake is a perfect start to Christmas morning as you slip downstairs in your robe to get everyone a wee bite of breakfast before the unwrapping of gifts begin. Let me gift you a free Isalean Shake as a gift for visiting, and hopefully baking my Mom's Hungarian Butterhorns.
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