Italian Cookies

Description

Crescent shaped cookie we always make at christmas time. Best served fresh from the oven.

Ingredients

• Butter
• Flour
• Cottage Cheese
• Pecans
• Sugar

Instructions

1. Let the butter soften to room temperature
2. Mix these three ingredients well
3. With a teaspoon, form a small amount into balls
4. Place the balls into the refrigerator to chill overnight
5. The next day, roll the balls out on a floured surface
6. Sprinkle approximately a teaspoon of chopped pecans and then a teaspoon of sugar into the middle of the rolled out dough
7. Wrap the dough around the sugar and pecans pressing to seal it together
8. Form into a crescent shape
9. I then freeze these cookies with layers of wax paper in between them so they do not stick together
10. When i want some, i take out only the number that i want to bake, usually 2 4 dozen at a time, and bake at 350 degrees until nicely browned
11. Serve warm! that is when they are the best