Flaky Hungarian Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 cups flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1 cup cold water
    1 tablespoon vinegar
    2 egg yolks
    Butter Mixture
    1 cup margarine
    1 tablespoon lard
    4 tablespoons flour
    Nut Filling
    1 lb walnuts
    3 egg whites
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/2 fresh lemon rind
    Pot Cheese Filling
    1 lb dry curd cottage cheese
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 eggs
    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
    Apricot Filling
    1/2 cup dried apricot
    1/2 cup sugar (to taste)
    1/2 cup drained crushed pineapple (optional)
Preparation
    DOUGH:
    Mix and blend flour, baking powder, water, vinegar, and egg yolks until dough comes clean of hands. Chill.
    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.
    Nut Filling:
    Grind nuts.
    Beat egg whites until stiff but still moist.
    Fold in sugar and nuts carefully.
    Add lemon rind.
    Pot Cheese filling:
    Mash cottage cheese with fork.
    Add sugar, salt and eggs. Mix very well.
    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.
    Apricot Filling:
    Cook dried apricots until tender; mash and add sugar to taste.
    Drained crushed pineapple may be added.

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