Hungarian Kiffle Cookies🇭🇺

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Kifli (plural: Kiffles in the U.S.) are one of the most beloved Hungarian cookies. They’re tender, buttery, crescent-shaped pastries filled with sweet walnut, apricot, or poppy seed filling. Traditionally made around Christmas and Easter, they truly melt in your mouth at first bite. ✨

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🥐 Hungarian Kiffle Cookies (Kifli)

Ingredients (dough):

• 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
• 8 oz (225 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
• Pinch of salt

Traditional Fillings:

Walnut filling:

• 2 cups (200 g) finely ground walnuts
• 1 cup (200 g) sugar
• ¼ cup (60 ml) milk

Apricot filling (shortcut):

• Apricot preserves (thick, not runny)

Poppy seed filling:

• 1 cup (150 g) ground poppy seeds
• ½ cup (100 g) sugar
• ½ cup (120 ml) milk