"Dave Bell" > wrote in message
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> My mother (Italian, may she rest in peace) used to make a favorite
> Christmas cookie. I have made them myself a number of times, but have
> misplaced the recipe! Hopefully, someone will recognize them:
>
> They are a rolled, filled cookie, made with a sweet cream cheese dough.
> The dough is rolled thin (<1/8"), and cut into triangles, maybe 2"x3+".
> The filling is a mixture of prunes, slightly soaked and boiled, orange
> marmalade and chopped walnuts. A scant teaspoon is placed on the base of a
> triangle and it is rolled up Crescent Roll-style for baking. If a bit of
> the filling spills out and crisps onto the pan, it's a bonus! :{)
>
> I can probably fake the filling pretty well, but the dough would be
> tougher.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated!
>
> Dave

Like Vox said, sounds like rugelach. I looked it up on allrecipes.com.
Here's the link to the results:
http://search.allrecipes.com/recipe/...elach&lnkid=65
~Peggy