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Swiss Butterhorns

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Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 3 dozen

Ingredients

FOR THE DOUGH:

  • 2 cups  all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon  salt
  • ½  cup plus ⅓ cup cold butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • ¾ cup  sour cream

FOR THE FILLING:

  • ½  cups  chopped pecans
  • ½  cup  sugar
  • teaspoon  ground cinnamon

FOR THE GLAZE:

  • cups  confectioners' sugar
  • tablespoons  milk
  • ½  teaspoon  vanilla extract

Instructions

  • To make the dough, combine the flour, salt and butter in a food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles course sand.
  • Mix the sour cream and egg yolk together and add to the flour mixture, run processor until the dough comes together in a ball.
  • Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 2 hours. Wash out the processor as you will need it for the next step.
  • To make the filling, combine the pecans, sugar and cinnamon in the food processor and pulse until the nuts are finely chopped. Set aside.
  • Line baking sheets with parchment and preheat oven to 350˚.
  • When the dough is ready, flour your surface well, divide the dough into 3 equal portions. Roll the first portion out into a 12" circle and then slice like a pie into 12 pieces.
  • Sprinkle a handful or so of the filling onto the rolled out dough, and then roll each slice starting at the wider end so it looks like a croissant.
  • Place on the lined baking sheet and repeat with remaining wedges and dough balls. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until they are just starting to turn golden on the bottom.
  • Once they are out of the oven combine the glaze ingredients and spoon over the cookies while they are still warm.
  • Allow to cool on the tray, it's a little hard to move them when they are covered in warm sticky glaze. Once cooled you can stack them on a serving tray and enjoy.