I'm looking for an Italian cookie recipe. It has yeast and starts like a bread recipe.?

Question

The dough rises once, then you take pieces, roll them in powdered sugar and cut into log shapes and bake. My grandmother made them at holidays. I have looked all over the internet, and I can't find it anywhere. My family remembers the cookie, but no one has the recipe.

Answer 1

Foodie is almost certainly right- it sounds like rugelach- especially as you have described them as "log shapes." In my understanding of rugelach, you roll the dough out, sprinkle some nuts and goodies inside, and roll them up and slice them like a cinnamon bun. The Joy of Cooking has a recipe. I have never made rugelach, so I can't recommend a recipe, but I've used the Joy for a ton of other stuff, and it's always come out great.

Answer 2

ok i will try to help with two things.

First: go to http://www.starcooking.com to know what your reciepe ingredients are

Second: http://www.wikipedia.org to help

Answer 3

Could it be Rugalach?

Here's the recipe...

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter

4 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup sugar

1 cube cake yeast

1 cup heavy cream

3 egg yolks

Filling, recipe follows

Filling:

1/2 cup sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/4 cup chopped pecans

1/4 cup raisins

Directions:

Dough: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix butter with dry ingredients until sandy. Crumble yeast into cream and stir in the yolks. Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients to make a dough and chill it for 3 to 4 hours or more. Roll out 1/3 of the pastry thin, into a circle.

Filling: Combine sugar, cinnamon and nuts and sprinkle onto the dough. Dot with golden raisins.

Cut into triangles and roll up starting at the wide end and place on a greased cookie sheet, point side down. Repeat with remaining dough. Let rise 30 minutes at room temperature. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.