Comments on: Vanilla Crescents – Hungarian Christmas Cookies

By: The Hungarian Girl

The Hungarian Girl — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:14:51 +0000

Hi Kati,

I use eggs in this recipe for structure and as a leavening for the cookies. Otherwise, they would crumble.

Merry Christmas to you as well.

Köszönöm!

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By: Cherrie Dobos

Cherrie Dobos — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:08:13 +0000

Hi, my grandmother made a cookie that she rolled out, cut with pinking shears, slit the center then twisted inside out. It looked like a bow tie and was finished with powdery sugar. Is this the same recipe or similar one? They were amazing.

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By: Kati Fehér

Kati Fehér — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:40:57 +0000

This is a vanilla twist, but you do not need eggs. This always made.
25 g flour, 20 g butter or margarine, caster sugar 10 g, 10 g ground walnuts, a pinch of salt, approx. 10 g vanilla sugar, into which is rotated.
The dough material to pucker and pencil thick bars strands, then cut into 5 cm pieces. Drives to be slightly crescent shape. Baking paper, place the pie-pan, it does not stick out. Moderate fire, quite light bake (when removed, yet the whole soft, careful.)
Is still hot into a twist of vanilla sugar. Very tasty! Merry Christmas and a good appetite!

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By: erin

erin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:28:32 +0000

i love these! my gram was hungarian and she told me a tip once for vanilla infused sugar….take a vanilla bean, cut it in half lengthwise and place it in a plastic baggie or tupperware with a couple cups of sugar and let it infuse for about a week. vanilla sugar! yum!

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By: Kati Fehér

Kati Fehér — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:43:09 +0000

Ez is egy vaniliás kifli, de ehhez nem kell tojás. Mindig ezt készítem. 25 dkg liszt, 20 dkg vaj vagy margarin, 10 dkg porcukor, 10 dkg darált dió, egy csipet só, kb. 10 dkg vaniliás cukor, amibe forgatjuk. A tésztához való anyagokat összegyúrjuk, ceruza vastagságú rudakat sodrunk, majd 5 cm-es darabokra vágjuk. Kissé meghajtjuk hogy kifli alakja legyen. Süt?papírt tegyünk a tepsibe, úgy nem ragad le. Közepes t?znél egész világosra sütjük (amikor kivesszük, még egész puha, óvatosak legyünk.) Még forrón beleforgatjuk a vaniliás cukorba. Nagyon finom! Boldog ünnepeket és jó étvágyat!!

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By: Eva

Eva — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:22:53 +0000

Thanks for your kifli recipe. I also make a kifli similar but my filling is walnuts, jam, lemon zest and powder sugar. I will have to try yours. My mother always made them for the holidays.

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By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:28:50 +0000

Thanks for the tip, I’ll keep that in mind…
…peace

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By: The Hungarian Girl

The Hungarian Girl — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:49:12 +0000

Thanks Megan. That’s a good idea too!

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By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:07:59 +0000

We make something similar but with walnuts. And we stopped making the crescent shape years ago (too time-consuming) and just roll them into balls and roll the balls in powdered sugar. They’re sooo good!

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By: The Hungarian Girl

The Hungarian Girl — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:34:38 +0000

Hi Mary,

If you can’t find vanilla sugar you can also use granulated sugar and confectioners’ sugar for dusting.

I hope the recipe works out for you.

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