Aunt Helen's Filled Cookies    Estimated Times: Preparation - 30 min | Cooking - 15 min | Cooling Time - 2 hrs cooling | Yields - 36 cookies (3 dozen)   Ingredients:     - 2 cups all-purpose flour  
 - 1/3 cup granulated sugar  
 - 1/2 teaspoon baking powder  
 - 1/4 teaspoon baking soda  
 - 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter  
 - 1 large egg  
 - 3 tablespoons milk  
 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract  
 - 1 cup (12 1/2-oz. can) almond cake and pastry filling, divided  
 - 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Premier White Morsels, divided  
 - 2/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted and finely chopped, divided  
 - Sifted powdered sugar
    Directions: PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease baking sheet. 
  COMBINE flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and baking soda in large bowl; cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. 
  COMBINE egg, milk and vanilla extract in small bowl; mix well. Add to flour mixture; stir with fork just until moistened. Form a ball with dough; divide dough in half. Cover; refrigerate for about 1 hour or until dough becomes easy to handle. 
  ROLL each half of dough on floured surface to 12 x 6-inch rectangle. Spread each rectangle with half of pastry filling to within 1-inch of edge. Top each filling with 1 cup morsels and half the nuts. Brush edges of each rectangle with water. Bring two long sides of each rectangle together over filling; seal seams and ends of each rectangle. Carefully transfer each rectangle, seam side down, with a pastry cloth or long metal spatula to prepared baking sheet about 3 inches apart.
  BAKE 15 to 18 minutes until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut each loaf into eighteen 1/2 inch-thick slices.       
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