Fruit and Nut Pastries

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Cut the butter into the mixture until mixture looks like breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar. Make a well in the dry ingredients.

2. 2

   Beat the egg and milk together and pour into the well. Mix until a soft dough consistency.

3. 3

   Divide the dough into two pieces and wrap with plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.

4. 4

   Meanwhile, mix the honey and coffee in a mixing bowl. Add the candied peel, walnuts and nutmeg. Stir well, cover and leave for 30 minutes.

5. 5

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

6. 6

   Roll one portion of dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Using a 4 inch pastry cutter, stamp out rounds.

7. 7

   Place a heaped teaspoon of filling on one side of each round. Brush the edges with milk, then fold over and press together to seal.

8. 8

   Repeat with second piece of pastry until all the filling has been used.

9. 9

   Place the pastries on lightly greased baking sheets, brush lightly across the top of each pastry with a little milk and sprinkle the powdered sugar across each piece.

10. 10

    Make a steam hole in the center of each pastry with a skewer.

11. 11

    Bake for 35 minutes or until slightly puffy and lightly browned.

12. 12

    Cool on a wire rack.