Ahh, you’re going for a true Hungarian classic! 🇭🇺✨ Kiffles (Kifli / Kifli cookies) are delicate, flaky crescent-shaped pastries filled with sweet walnut, poppy seed, apricot, or lekvár (thick jam) filling. They melt in your mouth and are often made around Christmas, Easter, or for family gatherings.
🥐 Hungarian Kiffles (Kifli Cookies)
Dough Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsalted butter (cold, cut into cubes)
8 oz cream cheese (softened, traditional recipes sometimes use sour cream)
2 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
Powdered sugar (for rolling & dusting)
Walnut Filling (Diós Töltelék):
1 ½ cups finely ground walnuts
¾ cup sugar
½ cup milk (warm)
½ tsp cinnamon (optional)
(You can also fill with apricot jam, prune lekvár, or poppy seed filling.)
