Hungarian Kiffle Cookies

Name: Hungarian Kiffle Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 h 15 min
Total time: 8 h 45 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: Wheat flour 4 cups; Sugar 1 cup; Butter 1lb; Cream Cheese 1lb; Milk 2 tbsp; Walnuts 1lb

Special cookies from cream cheese dough

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8h 45m
Serves 36
Medium
375°F
(3)

Ingredients

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	4 cups Wheat flour
	1 cup Sugar
	1lb Butter
	1lb Cream Cheese
	2 tbsp Milk
	1lb Walnuts

Nutritional information

289

Calories

23g

Fat

41mg

Cholesterol

18g

Carbs

Sugar

4.4g

Protein

Cuisine:

Hungarian Recipes

Hungarian Kiffle Cookies

For a different take on a cookie, have a go at these delicate, authentic Hungarian Kiffle Cookies. Kiffles, which you might also see written as kifli, kieflies or kiffels, are traditional baked treats from Hungary. What makes them special is the dough, made from cream cheese, and the filling, which can be whatever you fancy!

I’ve used walnuts for this kiffles recipe, which is pretty authentic to Hungary, but you can also try other types of nuts and jams inside – poppy seeds, apricots, cashews, prunes, dates… you get the idea! To get the right form when you roll the kiffles just try to copy the shapes you can see in my pictures, but don’t worry about making them too perfect, they are homemade after all and will taste just as delicious!

To make Hungarian Kiffle Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

Ingredients for Hungarian Kiffle Cookies

Steps to make Hungarian Kiffle Cookies

1

Beat the butter and cream cheese

2min

Using a standing food mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese together until light and smooth.
2

Add the flour

5min

Add 2 cups of the flour a little at a time and beat until the dough becomes to thick for the mixer to work. Remove the bowl from the mixer and combine the remaining flour by hand. Knead the dough until it is no longer sticky.
3

Leave to chill

8h

Roll the dough into a ball and place in a clean bowl. Cover the bowl with saran wrap and leave in the refrigerator to chill for at least 8 hours, or overnight.
4

Heat the oven and prepare baking trays

5min

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line two baking trays with parchment paper.
5

Make walnut paste

5min

In a small bowl, mix the sugar and walnuts together. Add the milk and stir until it forms a paste.
6

Roll and cut dough

10min

Lightly dust a work surface with flour. Take the dough out of the refrigerator. Roll it to around 1/8 - 1/6 inch thick and then cut into 2-inch squares.
7

Add fillings

5min

Add a teaspoonful of the walnut paste to the center of each square.
8

Shape kiffles

5min

Take one corner of the square, fold over the top of the filling and roll, so that the walnut filling is encased (but will be peeking out from either side). Repeat with all the squares and lay the kiffles on the baking trays.
9

Bake kiffles

15min

Bake for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown.
10

Serving Hungarian Kiffle Cookies

As cookies go, these Hungarian Kiffle Cookies are rather special, prettier and much more delicate than our chunky US versions! Try something different today and get baking these little delights! I’d love to see how they turn out so if you make them, do tag #cookmerecipes so I can check them out!

About the author

Lilly Mathuse

Lilly is an enthusiastic and cheerful young mom. She knows as well as any parent that children can be really picky when it comes to food. And she’s had plenty of experience trying to cook meals that are both tasty and nutritious, and able to satisfy the tastes of a fussy kid right away! To save you some precious time, Lilly's going to share with you all the tricks she learned the hard way, so you don’t have to! She has a wealth of recipes for quick and easy meals for kids and families on a budget.