Hungarian Kiffle

By danyell923

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cup All Purpose flour
• 1 cup of unsalted Butter which is equal to 2 sticks of unsalted butter-at room temperature
• 8 oz cream cheese-at room temperature
• 1 tbsp of milk
• 1 Tbsp powdered sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 cans of 12 ounce pie filling
• Lots of Plastic wrap/wax paper

Details

Servings 36
Preparation time 45mins
Cooking time 60mins
Adapted from pinchosunshine.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

1) In a glass bowl, cream butter for 5 minutes using a hand mixer. Add cream cheese and continue the creaming process for another 5 minutes. This is an important step to get flaky pastry. Now add milk and sugar. Continue blending.
2) Sift flour, baking powder and salt.
3) Add flour mixture to the butter mixture to form a loose dough. The dough will be nice and moist but not sticky.
4) Break the dough into 4 equal parts. Use two sheets of flour dusted plastic wrap to sandwich the dough ball. Using your fingers press down the dough to form a 1/2 inch thick square sheet. Repeat for the remaining dough portions. You will end up with 4 dough sheets each sandwiched between plastic wraps.
5) Chill for 1 hour. The dough with the plastic wraps will look like the frozen parantha you get from the Indian store.
6)Preheat the oven to 375 degree.
7) Take only one sheet of the dough out of the refrigerator. If the sheet is frozen hard. let it sit on the counter for couple minutes. Using a rolling pin, roll over the plastic wrap to make 1/8 inch thick square ( as thick as a roti). The butter will melt in this process making it difficult to work, so pop the sheet back into the fridge for 3-4 minutes.
8) Take out the 1/8 inch thick sheet, using a pizza cutter trim the square to get even edges. Trims can be used again. Now cut out 2'-2' inch squares. Again, if need be, pop the sheet in the refrigerator to stiffen.
9) Put 1/2 tsp of filing in the center of the 2' inch square. Fold and pinch the opposite sides of the square, to form a swaddle around the filing.
10) Working very quickly transfer the cookies from the plastic sheet to the baking sheet. Lay them 1 inch apart on a greased baking sheet.
11) Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden. Cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.