Hungarian Snow Crescents (Hókifli) Recipe – old fashioned recipes🇭🇺

Ahhh, you’ve chosen a true Hungarian classic! 🇭🇺 Hókifli (literally “snow crescents”) are delicate little crescent cookies, tender and nutty, rolled in snowy powdered sugar. They’re a staple around Christmas, weddings, and special occasions, but also enjoyed all year round. This is one of those old-fashioned Hungarian recipes that has been passed down through generations.

Here’s the traditional way to make them:

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Hungarian Snow Crescents (Hókifli) 🇭🇺

Ingredients (about 30 crescents)

• 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup (100 g) finely ground walnuts (or almonds/hazelnuts)
• 1/2 cup (60 g) powdered sugar (for dough)
• 1 packet (8 g) vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp vanilla extract)
• Pinch of salt
• Powdered sugar, for rolling

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