Mom's Kifli
Mom's Kifli
Whether you spell it kifli of kipfel, there's one word for this Eastern European cookie: delicious. The light cream cheese dough simply melts in your mouth.
Prep Time
30
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Servings
36
Total time: 1 hour
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound butter, softened
- 3 cup flour
- 8 ounce cream cheese
- 3 egg whites
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 pound ground walnuts
- powdered sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Cream together butter and cream cheese.
- Add flour.
- Mix thoroughly.
- Pinch off dough into 72 quarter-size balls and chill.
- For the filling, beat egg whites until foamy.
- Mix in sugar and nuts.
- Roll out the individual balls of dough on surface lightly dusted with powdered sugar.
- Roll very thin.
- Fill the center of each with nut filling, about 1 teaspoon, and roll into crescent shapes.
- Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes.
- Let cool, then dust with powdered sugar.