POPPY SEED CRESCENTS - MÁKOS 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
