Hungarian Hókifli

This is a very simple and typical Hungarian festive cookie. Hókifli, meaning ‘snow crescents’ in English, is usually eaten during Christmas time.

Ingredients

• 500gr of flour
• 250gr of butter
• 100gr of sour cream
• 100gr of sugar
• 1egg yolk
• 100gr of chopped walnuts
• Half of a lemon
• 100gr of powdered sugar
• 50gr of strawberry jam
• 2 bags of vanilla sugar

Preparation

Crumble together the flour with the margarine. Add the egg yolk and sour cream, and combine until you have a soft dough.

Roll it out to a 2mm thick layer, and with a cookie cutter, make some circles around 6cm in diameter.

Mix the chopped walnuts with the grated lemon zest, sugar, and 2-3 tablespoons of sour cream (or milk).

Spoon both fillings (walnuts mixture and strawberry jam) into one half of the circle, then fold the other half and squeeze the edges together. You can use a fork for this step.

Place the croissants in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and put into a preheated oven at 190 degrees for 20-22 minutes. 

In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar with the vanilla sugar. Once the cookies are baked, cover them with the sugar mixture while they are still hot. 

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