It’s so interesting how such a small country can yield so many different recipes. My grand relatives came to the US from Hungary in 1958 but they make Kiffles “Slavic” style. 2 sticks butter 1 brick of cream cheese 2 egg yolks 2 cups flour and a pinch of salt that’s it! No yeast no Crisco (did they even have that in the old country) the key is to refrigerate your rolled and filled kiffles prior to baking so they stay flakey. Made with real ingredients…I don’t even want to begin to think what is inside a block of crisco lol.
Yes I agree! So many awesome recipes with different variations. I will have to try your recipe. My mom’s original recipe called for Spry (Crisco-like) but it isn’t produced anymore so Crisco it is! Probably not the healthiest for you but it is great for baking. Thank you for watching and your comment! 😄
FINALLY!!!! Someone pronounces kifli correctly. Thank you. We must remember that a lot of kifli recipes were modified due to the availability of ingredients in the "old country".Most of the recipes were handed down verbally with not very accurate measuring instruments at the time. Thanks for taking the time to do this video.
Thank you!! We’re glad you enjoyed the video. And you’re so right about the recipes! They were modified for various reasons. Many of our Hungarian Cookbooks have several different recipes for the same dish. Thanks for watching! We appreciate your comment! 😊
So glad I found this video! My grandma used to make these for Christmas every year. She passed away in 2021, and we found her recipe but I was never able to learn how to make them with her since she always had them made before we got there. I think I will try to make them for Christmas this year!
That's amazing! I know that there are different variations of Kifli (bread & cookies). This recipe is one of our favorite family recipes! Thanks for watching! 🥰
Great recipe and very different than the one I’ve been making, so I’m going to give yours a try for Easter! One question I’d like to ask, what is the purpose of the yeast if it doesn’t get a chance to rise? Does the dough look like it proofed overnight when you take it out the next day? I’m just scratching my head on this one because I make so much bread and I use yeast so much in different recipes and I always have to let it proof first so I’m just wondering how it works with these cookies. Thanks so much for the video and I’ll let you know how the cookies turn out!
Good question! I wish I had the answer. This is the way I've been taught and the family members who taught me are sadly gone so I can't ask them. You're right the dough doesn't really get a chance to rise so I'm not sure the reasoning for adding it to the sour cream. Maybe to help in the mixture process as a way to activate the yeast. Refrigerating the dough also hardens the dough and doesn't let it rise that much. I do know Hungarians use sour cream in many of their recipes! Would love to see how your cookies turn out for Easter because regardless of the method they are so yummy!! 😋 I appreciate your comments/questions and I thank you so much for watching! 😃
Thank you for your comment! I did find that Kifli has many variations, as I mentioned in the video, and they all look good! Maybe it depends on the origin of the family. Possibly different villages/towns in Hungary make dishes their own certain way. Thank you for watching! 😊
Also I take a small melon baller sized “ice cream” scoop and portion out the big dough ball into smaller than golf ball sized pieces. Refrigerate as little as 2 hrs and then roll out a half dozen balls at a time in powdered sugar. Fill them with my home made walnut filling or fruit fillings from the Ukrainian bakery by me, and then I also dredge them once baked and cooled in powdered sugar before serving. A batch of mine yields about 50 kiffles.
And if you roll the whole thing out and cut it up squares, you don't have to do it all day long ...😊 By the way, my Hungarian Mom do that like that who is actually living in Hungary. Thanks for the video! Good kifli-k!
Our recipe is similar to yours except we don't use yeast and we either use imperial margarine butter whatever you want to call it or real butter and we separate our dough into four balls when we refrigerate overnight and we just roll out the whole sheet at the exact same time and then cut them up like an assembly line. And you are correct solo is the best I like the pineapple myself and the apricot and the Cherry.
Sounds like another good way to make them. We've never done it like that but will have to try it! Do you use a cookie cutter to cut the shapes? How many Kifli does it make when you make it that way? Thanks for watching! :)
@@MidwestMoodandFood we cut them into shape. And I've never actually counted them. But it makes a lot. We use 2 to 2 1/2 cans of solo each time. Depends on who's filling the cookies 😂
Hello! I use 3 Tablespoons in the recipe and I keep a bowl full of sugar ready so when the cookies come out of the oven I sprinkle them with sugar. Let them cool for a few minutes first because they are really hot out of the oven. Thanks so much for watching! 😊
So glad to find this video. My grandmother and my husband’s mother made these every Christmas, now I will too ! 🩷
Wonderful! We’re glad we could help. They are tradition here too! My family loves them. Thanks for watching! 😊
It’s so interesting how such a small country can yield so many different recipes. My grand relatives came to the US from Hungary in 1958 but they make Kiffles “Slavic” style. 2 sticks butter 1 brick of cream cheese 2 egg yolks 2 cups flour and a pinch of salt that’s it! No yeast no Crisco (did they even have that in the old country) the key is to refrigerate your rolled and filled kiffles prior to baking so they stay flakey. Made with real ingredients…I don’t even want to begin to think what is inside a block of crisco lol.
Yes I agree! So many awesome recipes with different variations. I will have to try your recipe. My mom’s original recipe called for Spry (Crisco-like) but it isn’t produced anymore so Crisco it is! Probably not the healthiest for you but it is great for baking. Thank you for watching and your comment! 😄
FINALLY!!!! Someone pronounces kifli correctly. Thank you. We must remember that a lot of kifli recipes were modified due to the availability of ingredients in the "old country".Most of the recipes were handed down verbally with not very accurate measuring instruments at the time. Thanks for taking the time to do this video.
Thank you!! We’re glad you enjoyed the video. And you’re so right about the recipes! They were modified for various reasons. Many of our Hungarian Cookbooks have several different recipes for the same dish. Thanks for watching! We appreciate your comment! 😊
So glad I found this video! My grandma used to make these for Christmas every year. She passed away in 2021, and we found her recipe but I was never able to learn how to make them with her since she always had them made before we got there. I think I will try to make them for Christmas this year!
Oh this makes me so happy for you! They are so yummy! Enjoy making them! Thanks for watching!☺
My Hungarian grandma used to make these for us every year. I lovvve them. Can't wait to try making them. Thank you!
You are so welcome. We hope you enjoy making them. One of our favorites too! Thanks for watching! 😊
Thanks for posting and sharing your recipie
You are very welcome! Thanks for watching! 😊
Oh my. These are the best cookies in the world my two granmoms made them air my life. We are German and the Germans claim them fo their own.
That's amazing! I know that there are different variations of Kifli (bread & cookies). This recipe is one of our favorite family recipes! Thanks for watching! 🥰
Thanks for good recipe
VERY beautiful ❤️💕💕
Happy marry Christmas ☃️🎄☃️ and happy New year 🎉🎉🥳
Thank you for the nice comments! 😍 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! 🎄🥳
Great job
Thank you! 😊
Great recipe and very different than the one I’ve been making, so I’m going to give yours a try for Easter! One question I’d like to ask, what is the purpose of the yeast if it doesn’t get a chance to rise? Does the dough look like it proofed overnight when you take it out the next day? I’m just scratching my head on this one because I make so much bread and I use yeast so much in different recipes and I always have to let it proof first so I’m just wondering how it works with these cookies. Thanks so much for the video and I’ll let you know how the cookies turn out!
Good question! I wish I had the answer. This is the way I've been taught and the family members who taught me are sadly gone so I can't ask them. You're right the dough doesn't really get a chance to rise so I'm not sure the reasoning for adding it to the sour cream. Maybe to help in the mixture process as a way to activate the yeast. Refrigerating the dough also hardens the dough and doesn't let it rise that much. I do know Hungarians use sour cream in many of their recipes! Would love to see how your cookies turn out for Easter because regardless of the method they are so yummy!! 😋 I appreciate your comments/questions and I thank you so much for watching! 😃
Wow, this so different from my recipe, which came down mother to daughter from my great grandmother. But they still look good.
Thank you for your comment! I did find that Kifli has many variations, as I mentioned in the video, and they all look good! Maybe it depends on the origin of the family. Possibly different villages/towns in Hungary make dishes their own certain way. Thank you for watching! 😊
That looks so yummy .I want to try that too .
Hope you like them! Thanks for watching! 🙂
Also I take a small melon baller sized “ice cream” scoop and portion out the big dough ball into smaller than golf ball sized pieces. Refrigerate as little as 2 hrs and then roll out a half dozen balls at a time in powdered sugar. Fill them with my home made walnut filling or fruit fillings from the Ukrainian bakery by me, and then I also dredge them once baked and cooled in powdered sugar before serving. A batch of mine yields about 50 kiffles.
That sounds amazing! Good tips! Thank you 😊
Looks delicious! Thank you 😊
Thank you for watching! 😁
And if you roll the whole thing out and cut it up squares, you don't have to do it all day long ...😊 By the way, my Hungarian Mom do that like that who is actually living in Hungary. Thanks for the video! Good kifli-k!
What a great tip! It takes all day to roll out cookies. We will try doing the whole square next time. Thanks for watching! ☺
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Thank you so much! 😍
Our recipe is similar to yours except we don't use yeast and we either use imperial margarine butter whatever you want to call it or real butter and we separate our dough into four balls when we refrigerate overnight and we just roll out the whole sheet at the exact same time and then cut them up like an assembly line. And you are correct solo is the best I like the pineapple myself and the apricot and the Cherry.
Sounds like another good way to make them. We've never done it like that but will have to try it! Do you use a cookie cutter to cut the shapes? How many Kifli does it make when you make it that way? Thanks for watching! :)
@@MidwestMoodandFood we cut them into shape. And I've never actually counted them. But it makes a lot. We use 2 to 2 1/2 cans of solo each time. Depends on who's filling the cookies 😂
@@mimisboys6574 thank you for the info! Yes so true, some like a lot of filling. So yummy! 😍
I dissolve my yeast and pour in the flour well.
That's a great idea, too! These cookies are the best. Thanks for watching! ☺
What activates the yeast?
I believe mixing it in with the whey in the sour cream activates it. It’s the way I was taught many years ago. Thanks for watching! 😊
They definitely look good, but my husband and I don’t like raw sugar on anything, so we would put powdered sugar
We have not tried that but I bet it would be yummy, too! Thanks for watching! ☺
How much sugar?
Hello! I use 3 Tablespoons in the recipe and I keep a bowl full of sugar ready so when the cookies come out of the oven I sprinkle them with sugar. Let them cool for a few minutes first because they are really hot out of the oven. Thanks so much for watching! 😊
I wish I could shut off the music.
I’m sorry you don’t like the music. I can’t edit it once the video is posted. Thanks for watching! 😊