Here’s a recipe for Hungarian Kiffle Cookies (Kifli) 🇭🇺—a classic pastry cherished at Christmas and holidays. They’re flaky, buttery cookies filled with walnut, apricot, or poppy seed filling.
Hungarian Kiffle Cookies (Kifli) Recipe 🇭🇺
Ingredients
For the dough:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsalted butter (cold, cut into cubes)
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
2 large egg yolks
1 tbsp sour cream (optional, makes dough softer)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
For the walnut filling (traditional):
2 cups ground walnuts
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
(Alternatively, use apricot preserves, lekvar (prune butter), or poppy seed filling.)
