5 c Flour (sifted)
1 ts Salt
1/2 lb Butter
1 pk Yeast
1/2 lb Crisco
1/2 c Milk
3 ea Eggs
1/2 pt Sour Cream
1 ts Baking Powder
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1/4 lb Butter
1 lb Ground nuts
1/2 c Honey
1/2 c Sugar (to taste)
Sift flour, baking powder and salt; work in
butter and crisco with hands. Add eggs and work
together. Add yeast to dough. Add milk and sour cream.
Knead for a few minutes. Set aside for about 2 hours
to rise. Roll out on board which has been covered with
sugar. Fill with nut filling. Bake in moderate oven
about 25 minutes.
Filling: Melt butter in pan. Add honey and cook
for a few minutes. Add ground nuts and sugar. Cool.
Original recipe called for "cake yeast". You
might want to start the dry yeast in a small amount of
lukewarm water before adding.
