Easy Sour Cream Kifli

Name: Easy Sour Cream Kifli
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 72 crescents
Ingredients: 1 lb butter; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 3 egg yolks; 1 1/2 cups sour cream; 3 egg whites; 1 1/2 cups grated walnuts; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 grated lemon, rind of; 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar (optional but good)

Submitted by superbuna

"Not many ingredients in the dough; easy to mix, chill and fill, and the finished product is "oh, so good"."

Download

Ready In:: 2hrs 20mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 72 crescents

ingredients

For the dough
1 lb butter
4 cups all-purpose flour
3 egg yolks
1 ¹⁄₂ cups sour cream
For the filling
3 egg whites
1 ¹⁄₂ cups grated walnuts
1 ¹⁄₂ cups granulated sugar
1 grated lemon, rind of
2 tablespoons vanilla sugar (optional but good)

directions

For dough:
Cut butter into flour.
Mix egg yolks with sour cream and add to flour mix.
Mix well.
Divide dough into 6 or 8 parts.
Flatten each into small patty shape.
Wrap each patty in plastic wrap and chill at least 6 hours or overnight.
For filling:
Combine nuts, sugars, and lemon rind and set aside.
Beat egg whites a little with a fork and set aside.
To assemble:
Remove one patty at a time from fridge and roll out on a floured board to a 9" circle.
Now smear some egg white over the circle of dough.
Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of sugar/nut mixture over that.
Cut into 12 pie-shaped wedges.
Roll up, curve into crescent shape, dip tops in egg whites, then in nut mixture and arrange on prepared cookie sheets.
Repeat with balance of dough.
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes.
Makes 72, 96, or more, depending on how many times you divide the dough.

Questions & Replies

My mother-in-law made something she called wesel kiffle. It was a little like a cinamon roll or sweet bread without the cinamon. It was a yeast dough with sour cream, and the dough was dipped in egg and rolled in walnuts. Have you heard about such a recipe?

n.schroff