Conceição's Sintra Travesseiros Recipe

Name: Conceição's Sintra Travesseiros Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 10 Servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: Pastry:; 1 lb of butter; 2 cups of sour cream; 8 cups of flour; 12 eggs yolks; Filling:; 1 lb of walnuts; 12 egg whites; 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon of baking powder; Confectioners sugar (to taste)

Conceição's Sintra travesseiros (pillows), are a famous pillow shaped pastry from Sintra, Portugal.

50 min 10 servings Easy Prep time 20 min Cooking Time 30 min

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Ingredients

Pastry: 1 lb of butter 2 cups of sour cream 8 cups of flour 12 eggs yolksFilling:1 lb of walnuts12 egg whites2 teaspoons of vanilla extract1 teaspoon of baking powderConfectioners sugar (to taste)

Directions

Day 1:

Melt the butter, mix in sour cream, flour and egg yolks.
Shape into small balls and leave in fridge until the next day.

Day 2:

Beat the egg whites until frothy, add the crushed walnuts, sugar, vanilla extract and baking powder and mix gently.
Roll the small balls until very thin, place about 1 to 2 teaspoons of the mixture on each dough, roll them up and seal the ends.
Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake at 180°C or 350°F until golden brown (20 to 30 minutes).

Dust with the confectioners sugar and serve.

Adapted from a Recipe by: Conceição Almeida

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