1/2 lb Butter; softened
6 oz Cream cheese; room temp
3 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
3/4 c Sugar
2 ts Cinnamon
6 T Raisins; chopped
6 T Walnuts; chopped
3/4 c Jam (apricot, strawberry, or
-raspberry) 1 Egg yolk
1 T ;Water
Combine the butter & cream cheese & beat until well mixed. Add the flour & salt & mix until completely blended. The dough will be easier to handle if you wrap & chill it for about an hour. Stir together 1/2 C. sugar & the cinnamon. Add the raisins & walnuts & toss to coat all the pieces. Preheat oven to 375 degrees & get out some cookie sheets. Divide the dough into 6 equal parts. Keep chilled any dough you are not working on. Roll 1 of the pieces into an 8″ circle. Spread with 2 Tbsp. jam & sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. of the sugar-raisin-nut mixture. Cut into 8 pie- shaped wedges. Beginning at the wide end, roll toward the point, & form a crescent shape. Roll out & form the remaining dough in the same way. Place the cookies, point side down, about 1″ apart on the ungreased cookie sheets. Mix together the egg yolk & water & brush over the top of each cookie. Sprinkle each cookie with a little of the remaining 1/4 C. sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Remove from oven & transfer to racks to cool.