Recipe - Apple Crescents

CRESCENT
1 tablespoon Yeast
One half cup Milk, body temperature
One half cup Butter
1/8 cup Maple syrup
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Lemon rind
2 cup Whole wheat pastry flour

FILLING
1 cup Diced green apples
1/3 cup Dates, minced
One fourth cup Butter

Dissolve yeast in warm milk; set aside. Melt together butter and maple
syrup; let cool; add egg, lemon rind, flour, and yeast mixture. Mix
together until you have a dough. Refrigerate overnight. Roll dough into 9"
circles, one for each 4 rolls; cut each circle into 4 pieshaped wedges.

Cut together apples, dates and butter. Spread fruit mixture over dough
wedges. Roll up each crescent, beginning at the wide end. Place on unoiled
cookie sheets, turning ends to form crescent shape; let rise to double in
size, about 2 One half hours. Bake at 350 degrees 1015 minutes until golden
brown.

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