Poppy Seed Crescents
Balkan Hungary International Foods recipe The Balkan Dancers of Buffalo

POPPY SEED CRESCENTS – MÁKOS KIFLI

BethComments Off on POPPY SEED CRESCENTS – MÁKOS KIFLI
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
Poppy Seed Crescents
Print Pin

POPPY SEED CRESCENTS – MÁKOS KIFLI

Course after church coffee hour, Cookie, Dessert
Cuisine Hungarian
Keyword cookie, cooky, Kifli

Ingredients

Filling:

  • 3 c. ground poppy seeds
  • ¼ c. sugar
  • ¾ c. milk
  • ½ c. butter

Dough:

  • 3 c. flour
  • 1 c. unsalted butter
  • 3 egg yolks beaten
  • 1½ Tbsp. cream
  • 2 tsp. lemon peel grated

For Top

  • Confectioner sugar
  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • Vanilla Confectioner sugar (sugar that has been sitting in a jar with sliced vanilla bean pieces throughout)

Instructions

Filling:

  • Mix all filling ingredients in a 2 qt. saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes until slightly thickened.
  • Cool.
  • If it becomes too thick to spread, add milk.

To make dough:

  • Chill butter and cut into pieces, then work into flour.
  • Beat together remaining ingredients and add to flour mixture gradually, using a fork.
  • Work into a large ball.
  • Turn out onto floured wax paper.
  • Shape into roll.
  • Slice into 48 pieces (chill if it is too sticky or soft to slice)

To make:

  • Sprinkle an area with confectioner sugar.
  • Roll one ball at a time into 1/16″ thick circle.
  • Spread 2 tsp. filling onto dough.
  • Gently lift nearest edge and roll.
  • Curve ends of roll slightly.
  • Put on cookie sheet with overlapping edge underneath.
  • Brush crescents with slightly beaten egg.
  • Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Just before serving sprinkle with vanilla confectioner sugar
Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Beth
http://www.swampcrone.net

Related Articles

Love is Good Cooking
food International Foods Love is Good Cooking Poland recipe

Surówka Kiszonej Kapusty (Sauerkraut salad with carrots and apples) recipe

Beth

Surówka Kiszonej Kapusty (Sauerkraut salad with carrots and apples) recipe   ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 tsp. Caraway seeds 1 tsp. Sugar ½ tsp. Salt 1 pound fresh sauerkraut 1 medium sized tart cooking apple, peeled, cored and cut into ½’ dice (approx 1 cup) 2 carrots, scraped and coarsely grated (approx. 1 cup) In […]
baking MCM food newspaper & magazine clippings recipe unknown source

Margaret Carr’s Vintage recipes for Grapes- including Grape Filling, Grape Pie, Grape Whip

Beth

Grapes are a very tasty topic right now. Everyone enjoys eating grapes from the bunch, and a well-filled bowl on the table or sideboard doesn’t stay well-filled long in the average home. While the so-called blue grapes are most common. red and white grapes are found for sale also. When choosing look for plump, firm […]

spiced tangerines
food Iroquois Gas Corporation MCM food Meet the Millers Meet the Millers Meet the Millers recipe

Spiced Tangerines “Meet the Millers” December 27, 1960

Beth

  “Meet the Millers” & Home Service Iroquois Gas Corporation December 27, 1960 Printer-friendly copies: Spiced Tangerines full page Spiced Tangerines 4×6 card Spiced Tangerines 3×5 card Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!