Aunt Mamie's 
Makes 5 dozen

1 (8 oz.) package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup milk
1/2 pound ground walnuts or pecans
confectioners' sugar
                   
1. Beat together cream cheese and margarine until well blended.
   Add flour, mixing well. Shape into a ball, cover and chill for 2
   hours. 
2. In saucepan over medium heat, cook sugar and milk, stirring
   occasionally until milk boils and sugar is dissolved. Add the
   ground nuts. Remove from heat and let cool until mixture is of
   spreading consistency. 
3. Roll out chilled dough on lightly floured surface to a rectangle
   about 18X12". Cut in half lengthwise. Spread each piece with
   milk/nut filling and roll up like a jelly-roll, starting
  from the long side.
4. Cut each roll in half. Place seam side down on ungreased
   cookie sheets. Leaving roll's shape intact, cut into slices 1/2" 
   thick almost to the bottom of the roll. 
5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15-20 mins or till done. Remove from
   sheet and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cool on racks.
   Cut cookies all the way through. Refrigerate or freeze.
   Re-sprinkle with confectioners' sugar before serving. 
6. Variations: A) In place of milk/sugar/nut filling, spread with
   ground filberts and red raspberry preserves. B) Before rolling,
  sprinkle chopped chocolate chips over milk/sugar/nuts filling.