Cream Cheese Dough With Prune And Nut Filling Recipe

Unique cream cheese dough

• Meal Type: Dessert
• Ethnicity: American
• Holiday Category: N/A
• Preparation Time: 30-45 minutes

Ingredients

• Dough
• 1 pound cream cheese
• 1 pound unsalted butter
• 4 cups flour

Directions

1. Mix together and chill overnight.
2. Nut Filling
   4 cups fine grind walnuts
   1 cup granulated sugar
   1/2 cup milk
   2 tablespoons butter
   1 teaspoon vanilla extract
   Cinnamon
3. Heat milk, sugar and butter till thickened. Add vanilla extract. Season walnuts with cinnamon. Add milk mixture to walnuts.
4. Prune Filling
   24 ounce container pitted prunes
5. Cover with water and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain water and mash with potato masher.
6. Roll dough into ping pong sizes balls. Roll out in confectioners' sugar. Place filling onto rolled out ball and roll one side over the other to close. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 15 minutes till slightly browned. Cool and dust with confectioners' sugar. Enjoy!
7. I bake on Silpat sheets and love it.