Kifles (Nut Rolls or Horns)
photo by Karen=^..^=
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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80 Kifles
ingredients
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Dough
- 4 cups flour
- 2 (1/4 ounce) envelopes yeast
- 1 cup butter
- 4 egg yolks, save whites
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
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Filling
- 2 cups ground nuts
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Combine nuts, sugar and vanilla.
- Fold in egg whites; set aside.
- Put flour into a large bowl.
- Add the yeast to the egg yolks in a small bowl and let soften.
- Cut butter into the flour until crumbly.
- Add egg yolks and yeast and sour cream.
- Mix well until it forms a smooth ball.
- Form into 10 balls and chill.
- Mix 1 cup granulated and 1 cup powdered sugar.
- On counter top, sprinkle a spoonful of sugar mixture, place 1 ball on the sugar, add more sugar on top, roll out ball Roll until dough is 1/8-inch thick, forming a circle.
- Cut the circle into 8 pie-shaped wedges.
- Fill the wide end of each wedge with 1 level teaspoon of filling.
- Roll from wide end to the point.
- Continue with all the balls.
- Place on greased cookie sheets.
- Bake at 325°F for 15 minutes.
Reviews
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Excellent kifle recipe...thanks for posting! This couldn't be easier to follow and directions and bake time were right on. I did add the grated rind of one lemon to the dough and a tbl of lemon juice to the filling, because my Grandmother used these in her kifles and that's what I was trying to duplicate. Note: The filling does expand, so be sure to roll these up loosely! Thanks again ;)
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These were good & well-received at a church function. I'd suggest dissolving the yeast in a tiny bit of water with 1 tsp. sugar, since it didn't dissolve completely into the dough. Also, the stiff egg whites made the nut mixture quite runny (did the Ellis Island immigrants have mixers?)Next time I would add unbeaten egg whites slowly until the mixture is a good spreading consistency. These were similar to nut horns my aunts made many years ago in Cleveland using Hungarian recipes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Miss Erin C.
Minneapolis, Missouri
Mom to 4 boys, city dweller, eater, craft beer enthusiast, original Recipezaar member.