Submitted by Diane K. Brewer, Apalachicola, Florida Nut horns are cookies that have been in my family and enjoyed by them since the 1950s at least. They’re irresistible! I always thought that they were Slovak, from my father’s family perhaps, but my Polish godmother made them, too. I read on the internet that Hungarians claim them as well. The Ellis Island Cookbook shows a recipe for these called kiflis, from a Czech woman named Koza, which is very similar to my Slovak maiden name, Kozak. I treasure these treats not only for the cookies themselves, but for my mom and godmother, her best friend. My mom’s recipe was written in violet ink. My godmother’s recipe was written in her impeccable Palmer method penmanship in 1982. When I was a kid living in Atlanta, my mother, who was Italian, made nut horns from pecans, much more prevalent there and sweeter than walnuts, …