| CATEGORY |
CUISINE |
TAG |
YIELD |
| Eggs, Dairy, Grains |
Hungarian |
Cookies, Christmas |
6 |
Dozen |
INGREDIENTS
| 4 3/4 |
c |
Unsifted all-purpose flour |
| 2 |
c |
Butter or margarine |
| 4 |
lg |
Egg yolks, slightly beaten |
| 1 |
c |
Sour cream |
| 1 1/4 |
lb |
Shelled walnuts (about 5 |
|
|
Cups), ground |
| 1 |
c |
Granulated sugar |
| 1/2 |
c |
Milk |
| 1 |
tb |
Almond extract |
| 1 |
lg |
Egg, beaten |
|
|
Confectioners' sugar |
INSTRUCTIONS
DOUGH
FILLING
GLAZE
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: McCall's Cooking School: Desserts/Cookies
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
A Message from our Provider:
“Life – your only chance. Eternity – payback time”