Great Grandma Ethel's Pecan Kifli

 Ingredients

• 4 Cups Unsifted All-purpose flour
• 2 Cups Regular Margarine
• 4 Egg Yolks Slightly Beaten
• 1 Cup Dairy Sour Cream 
• 5/4 lbs. Pecans
• 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
• 3/4 Cup Milk 
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
• Confectioners' Sugar

Directions

• Combine the first 4 ingredients in a bowl and mix them until they resemble a dough.
• Turn the dough on a lightly floured surface and knead until it can me made into a ball.
• Refrigerate dough until ready to use.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Chop the pecans until almost fine.
• Combine 1 Cup Granulated Sugar, 3/4 Cup Milk, and 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract in a bowl and mix well to make the filing..
• Roll out 1 quarter of the dough it should measure about 16 by 12 inches and about 1/8 in. thick.
• With a pastry wheel cut into 2 in. squares.
• Place about 1/2 a tsp of the filing.
• Fold two opposite Corners together, overlapping the filing. 
• Place them on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until light golden.
• Remove from oven and dust with confectioner's sugar
• Makes about 14 dozen.

Source —Ethel F. Hoover & Angela Hesser
Prepared by Mark Hesser
Louisiana Anthology
September 26, 2022