Hungarian Kiffle Cookies🇭🇺

Here’s a treasured holiday treat straight from Hungarian kitchens — Hungarian Kifli (Kiffle) Cookies 🇭🇺🥐

These delicate crescent-shaped cookies are buttery, flaky, and filled with your choice of walnut, apricot, prune, or poppy seed filling. They melt in your mouth and bring a wonderful touch of old-world sweetness to any table.

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🇭🇺 Hungarian Kiffle Cookies (Kifli / Kifli Tészta)

🧈 Ingredients (for about 30–36 cookies):

For the dough:

• 2 ½ cups (320 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg yolk
• ¼ tsp salt
• Optional: 1 tsp vanilla extract or a bit of lemon zest

For the filling (choose one or mix several):

🥜 Walnut Filling:

• 1 cup ground walnuts
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

🍑 Apricot Filling:

• ¾ cup apricot preserves (thick, not runny)

🌰 Poppy Seed Filling:

• 1 cup ground poppy seeds
• ½ cup milk
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ tsp lemon zest

For finishing:

• Powdered sugar for dusting

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