Fruit Pockets

Ingredients

250 gr cake flour
9 gr baking powder
1 gr salt
50 gr sugar
28 gr butter
160 ml milk
1 egg
40 gr raisins
34 gr nuts
30 ml orange juice
1 gr cinnamon
16 ml lemon juice
34 gr citron
28 gr currants
1 gr allspice

Instructions

Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Cut in butter with 2 spatulas. Add milk. Mix lightly until well blended. Turn onto lightly floured board. Roll in sheet 1 cm thick. Cut in ovals 10 cm long. Combine raisins, nuts, orange juice, lemon juice, spices, currants, citron, and sugar. Mix thoroughly. Place 1 tablespoon on half of each oval. Brush edges of dough with egg white. Fold over. Press firmly together. Press lightly to flatten. Make 3 short cuts across the top of each oval with the scissors. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Place 5 cm apart on well-oiled baking sheet. Bake in hot oven (450 F) until evenly browned. Mrs. M. Altman, Lancaster, OH in The Household Searchlight cookbook ----