Rolled and Sliced Cookies
Christmas Cookies

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• Sifted powdered sugar

Cream butter and cream cheese. Combine flour and salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Shape dough into 8 balls wrap each in plastic wrap, and chill at least 2 hours.

Roll each ball into an 8-inch circle on a lightly floured surface; cut each into 8 wedges. Combine walnuts, 1/3 cup sugar, and cinnamon; sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon mixture over each wedge; shape into a crescent. Place point side down on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until lightly browned; cool and dust with powdered sugar.

Yield: about 5 dozen.

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