>From the Recipe Goldmine website...
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Banana Pastries
Dough:
4 cups all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons shortening
4 tablespoons sweet butter
1/2 cup water
Filling:
2 large bananas
1/3 cup finely chopped dried apricot
1 pinch nutmeg
1 dash orange juice
1 egg yolk, beaten
Confectioners sugar, for dusting
To make the dough, sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. Add the shortening
and butter and rub into the flour with your fingertips until the mixture
resembles breadcrumbs. Gradually blend in the water to make a soft dough. Wrap
in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Mash the bananas in a bowl with a fork and stir in the apricots, nutmeg, and
orange juice, mixing well. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface and
cut out 4-inch rounds. Spoon a little of the banana filling onto one half of
each round and fold the dough over the filling to make semicircles. Pinch the
edges together and seal by pressing with prongs of a fork. Arrange the pastries
on a nonstick cookie sheet and brush them with the beat on egg yolk to glaze.
Cut a small slit in each pastry and cook in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F
for about 25 minutes or until golden brown. Dust with confectioners sugar and
serve.
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~~~***Rhonda G in Missouri***~~~
