Her Hungarian Cookies are made with sour cream, not cream cheese, as is used in most Kiffles recipes, so it turns out an even more delicate and light pastry dough than most. She never called these Kiffles though, they were always just called Hungarian Cookies in our family.
I'm so thankful that she showed me exactly how to make these Hungarian cookies and that I wrote down the recipe. Her Hungarian Cookies are made with sour cream, not cream cheese, as is used in most Kiffles recipes, so it turns out an even more delicate and light pastry dough than most.
Kiffles (also spelled kifli) are delicate Hungarian cookies made with cream cheese dough and filled with various flavors of pastry filling. They make a beautiful contribution to any holiday cookie platter.
I recommend storing these Hungarian cookies in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator. You want to place the Kiffles cookies between layers of wax paper or parchment paper. I don’t recommend dusting them with powder sugar before storing them.