Cookie Recipes
Kifle (Yugoslavian)
Ingredients
Pastry
- 1 package yeast
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- Confectioners' sugar
- Melted butter
Walnut Filling
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Instructions
Pastry
- Put sifted flour into large mixing bowl. Mix in yeast. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Add egg yolks and sour cream; mix well. Form into a ball. On lightly floured board, knead until smooth, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Wrap in wax paper. Chill in the refrigerator at least 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a cookie sheet.
- On a board sprinkled with confectioners' sugar, roll each part of dough into an 8 inch circle; cut each into 8 pie-shape wedges. Fill wide end of each wedge with 1 tablespoon walnut filling. Roll up from wide end to point. Place on prepared cookie sheet, curving ends to form crescent shape.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar.
Walnut Filling
- Combine walnuts, sugar and vanilla extract.
- Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.