Conceição's Portuguese Travesseiros Recipe

These pastry pillows (travesseiros) are a famous pillow shaped pastry from Sintra, Portugal.

Preparation time	20 min
Cooking Time	30 min
Ready In	50 min
Level of Difficulty	Easy
Servings	10

Info

These pastry pillows (travesseiros) are a famous pillow shaped pastry from Sintra, Portugal.

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 powder

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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, icing 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).

Recipe Credit: Conceição Almeida
Photo Credit: theculturetrip.com

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