Kiffles (Hungarian Kifli Cookies) 🇭🇺

Kiffles are delicate, melt-in-your-mouth Hungarian cookies made with a soft cream cheese or sour cream dough and filled with sweet jam, walnut, or poppy seed filling. They’re a true holiday favorite and often appear on Christmas cookie trays across Hungary.

Ingredients

Dough

  • 250 g cream cheese (or sour cream)
  • 250 g butter (softened)
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • Pinch of salt

Filling Options

Apricot jam (classic)
OR

  • Ground walnuts mixed with sugar and a little milk
  • OR sweetened poppy seed filling

For finishing

  • Powdered sugar for dusting

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