Balish (Cookies)

315 days until I am 60! This second cookie post is my personal favorite.

1 Pkg. Yeast                        

½ c. sour cream

4 c. sifted flour

½ tsp salt

1 ¼ c. butter

3 egg yolks

1 tsp vanilla

Confectioner’s sugar

1 can Solo (brand) apricot filling

Stir the yeast into the sour cream, set aside. Sift flour and salt together, cut butter into the flour. Add egg yolks and vanilla; work into flour with a fork. Add sour cream and yeast and work into dough. Chill one hour to overnight.

Preheat oven to 400°. Divide into 10 balls and roll out like a pie crust using confectioner’s sugar instead of flour on rolling surface. Cut dough into 8 wedges (like a pizza) drop  ¼ tsp of filling onto wide end of each wedge, roll up and place on a foil lined baking sheet. You can put approximately 40 cookies on a sheet.

Bake 9-10 minutes, remove from oven, and sift confectioner’s sugar over the warm cookies.

This makes 80 cookies, you can substitute fillings to suit your taste, and the cherry filling is also a favorite at my house.