Saturday Cooking: Apple nut pita

[snowynight]

• grated peel of one lemon
• ¾ cup sweet butter
• 7 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1¼ pounds flour

Cream butter, add sugar, lemon peel and soda. Mix well, add yolks and beat again. Add flour gradually, beating dough constantly until well blended. Chill.

Published in Recipes from American National

Edit: previously missing filling recipe thanks to ehyde 

FILLING

• ¾ cup ground walnuts
• 1 cup sugar
• 7 egg whites beaten stiff
• 2 grated apples

Mix nuts and sugar. Add them gradually to beaten egg whites. Then fold in apples. Roll out two-thirds of the dough and line sides and bottom of an ungreased baking pan. Add filling. Roll out remaining dough and lattice over top. Bake in 250 degree oven 45 minutes to one hour.

Comments

[ehyde]

It looks like the "filling" recipe that's next in the book is where the apples and nuts come in!

We just used up all our apples in an apple crisp, or else I'd try it, it looks interesting.

[snowynight]

Thanks for telling me! It does sound interesting!