Jam-Filled Crescents

Name: Jam-Filled Crescents (Cuernitos de Mermelada)
Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 large eggs, separated; 1 cup (2 stick; ½ pound) unsalted butter, chilled; 4 tablespoons ice water, or as needed; ¾ cup pineapple preserves; 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, sifted; 2½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; 1½ cups becon meats; ½ teaspoon salt

Cuernitos de Mermelada

Preparation info

3
dozen cookies

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food from My Heart

By Zarela Martínez

Published 1992

About

Many Mexican weddings are accompanied by fruta de horno, literally “fruit of the oven”—a cornucopia of small baked sweetmeats and pastries, often ordered from convents that specialize in these delicacies. This is a favorite in Chihuahua.

Ingredients

1½ cups becon meats
2½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
½ teaspo

Americas
Mexico
Chihuahua
Pastry
Dessert
Pie
Valentine’s Day
Wedding/Marriage
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Chop the pecans finely with a heavy knife and set aside.

Sift the flour and salt together into a mixing bowl. Cut in the butter with two knives or a pastry blender until the mixture is like coarse, crumbly sand. Add the egg yolks and mix gentl