Bladjinda

Dough:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups cream
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
3 teaspoons baking powder
5 cups flour

Mix and roll out dough. cut into 4 inch rounds or squares.

Filling:
3 cups pumpkin
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Directions and Story; Put one heaping teaspoon/Tablespoon of filling on one side of the cut 'rounds' (I use a small mixing bowl as a guide to cut the rolled dough) fold and pinch the sides together. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes at 375 degrees.

We found this recipe in the 'Golden Manor nursing home' cook book from about the late 1980's. The recipe is traditional German cooking. We would make these between Christmas and New Years. This makes a large batch