Kifli (hungarian Walnut Cookies) Recipe
Yield: 6 DozenRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
DOUGH
4 3/4 cup: Unsifted all-purpose flour,
2 cup: Butter or margarine,
4 large: Egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 cup: Sour cream,
FILLING
1 1/4 lbs: Shelled walnuts, (about 5
Cups), ground
1 cup: Granulated sugar,
1/2 cup: Milk,
1 tbsp: Almond extract,
GLAZE
1 large: Egg, beaten
Confectioners sugar,
Directions:
Make dough: in a large bowl, place the flour and the
butter. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the
butter into the flour until the mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. Add the egg yolks and sour cream; stir
with a fork until combined.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board or
pastry cloth. Knead the dough with your hands until
it is smooth and can be shaped into a ball. If dough
is too sticky, knead in more flour. If desired, wrap
dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Make filling: in a medium-sized bowl, place the ground
walnuts, granulated sugar, milk and almond extract.
Using a wooden spoon, stir in walnut mixture until
ingredients are thoroughly combined. Prehead oven to
400F. Grease baking sheets with solid vegetable
shortening.
To shape Kifli: divide the dough into quarters; wrap
three of the quarters separately in plastic wrap and
set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the
remaining quarter of the dough to a 15" x 12"
rectangle that is 1/8" thick.
Using a pastry wheel, cut the rectangle of dough into
3-inch squares. Place a heaping teaspoon of the walnut
filling in the center of each square; bring one corner
of the dough over the filling to the opposite corner;
pinch edges together.
Place Kifli on baking sheets; brush with the beaten
egg. Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies are golden
brown. Remove from the baking sheet. Fill the bottom
of a pie place with confectioners sugar. Roll Kifli
in the sugar. Let cool on wire racks. Repeat steps
with the remaining three quarters of dough.
From: McCalls Cooking School: Desserts/Cookies
Source from luhu.jp
butter. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut the
butter into the flour until the mixture resembles
coarse crumbs. Add the egg yolks and sour cream; stir
with a fork until combined.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board or
pastry cloth. Knead the dough with your hands until
it is smooth and can be shaped into a ball. If dough
is too sticky, knead in more flour. If desired, wrap
dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Make filling: in a medium-sized bowl, place the ground
walnuts, granulated sugar, milk and almond extract.
Using a wooden spoon, stir in walnut mixture until
ingredients are thoroughly combined. Prehead oven to
400F. Grease baking sheets with solid vegetable
shortening.
To shape Kifli: divide the dough into quarters; wrap
three of the quarters separately in plastic wrap and
set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the
remaining quarter of the dough to a 15" x 12"
rectangle that is 1/8" thick.
Using a pastry wheel, cut the rectangle of dough into
3-inch squares. Place a heaping teaspoon of the walnut
filling in the center of each square; bring one corner
of the dough over the filling to the opposite corner;
pinch edges together.
Place Kifli on baking sheets; brush with the beaten
egg. Bake for 10 minutes or until cookies are golden
brown. Remove from the baking sheet. Fill the bottom
of a pie place with confectioners sugar. Roll Kifli
in the sugar. Let cool on wire racks. Repeat steps
with the remaining three quarters of dough.
From: McCalls Cooking School: Desserts/Cookies
Source from luhu.jp