Flaky Hungarian Cookies
- Ready In:
- 24hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 24
- Serves:
-
25
ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 2 egg yolks
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Butter Mixture
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 tablespoon lard
- 4 tablespoons flour
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Nut Filling
- 1 lb walnuts
- 3 egg whites
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 fresh lemon rind
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Pot Cheese Filling
- 1 lb dry curd cottage cheese
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
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Canned Poppy Seed Filling
- 1⁄4 lb ground poppy seed
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon rind
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Apricot Filling
- 1⁄2 cup dried apricot
- 1⁄2 cup sugar (to taste)
- 1⁄2 cup drained crushed pineapple (optional)
directions
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DOUGH:
- Mix and blend flour, baking powder, water, vinegar, and egg yolks until dough comes clean of hands. Chill.
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Butter Mixture:
- Mix margarine, lard and flour together and allow it to soften.
- When dough is chilled, roll it out and spread with butter mixture; fold dough and refrigerate.
- Repeat this process 4 times; next day, cut the dough into squares with a hot knife.
- Fill with chosen filling.
- Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Nut Filling:
- Grind nuts.
- Beat egg whites until stiff but still moist.
- Fold in sugar and nuts carefully.
- Add lemon rind.
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Pot Cheese filling:
- Mash cottage cheese with fork.
- Add sugar, salt and eggs. Mix very well.
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Poppyseed Filling:
- Cook poppy seeds, sugar, milk, and butter until thick, for 10 to 15 minutes on low flame.
- Add lemon rind.
- Cool well before using.
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Apricot Filling:
- Cook dried apricots until tender; mash and add sugar to taste.
- Drained crushed pineapple may be added.
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