Hungarian Kiflii Recipes

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer until pale yellow and creamy. Gradually add 2 cups flour to butter mixture until the dough is too thick for the mixer. Stir remaining 2 cups flour into the butter mixture by hand and knead until dough falls off hands easily. Roll dough into a ball, place in bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Stir walnuts and sugar together in a bowl. Pour milk into walnut mixture and stir to form a paste.
• Turn dough onto a floured work surface and roll to desired thickness. Cut dough into 2-inch squares. Place about 1 teaspoon walnut filling in the center of each square. Roll the dough from 1 corner to the other corner around the walnut filling and transfer to a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until light brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Let cream cheese and margarine get room temperature. In large bowl mix together with hands, cream cheese, margarine and flour. Mix well. Form dough into balls about the size of a ping pong ball. (makes about 45) Put in refrigerator over night.
• 2. Keep work area sprinkled with powdered sugar. Roll ball into oval shape. Put one teaspoon of filling in center and roll up like a cresent roll. Pinch ends so filling won't bake out. Brush with egg white and bake on cookie sheet lined with waxed paper. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove immediately from sheet and put on racks to cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cool.
• 3. Filling: put milk and sugar in saucepan. Heat till sugar melts. Add lemon extract. Stir. Pour over ground walnuts and mix well. Let cool. Any left over filling is good on ice cream.
• 4. Store in sealed tupperware.