Ah, beautiful choice — Hókifli! 🇭🇺❄️✨ These Hungarian Snow Crescents are delicate, melt-in-your-mouth walnut or almond crescent cookies, dusted generously with powdered sugar so they look like little snowdrifts. They’re an old-fashioned favorite for Christmas and special occasions. Here’s a traditional recipe:
🇭🇺 Hókifli — Hungarian Snow Crescents
Yields: ~30 crescents
Time: About 1 hour (plus chilling)
Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (60 g) ground walnuts or almonds
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 200 g (1 scant cup) cold unsalted butter, cubed
- 2 egg yolks
- 1–2 tbsp sour cream (optional, for easier shaping)
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar or 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
For finishing:
- Powdered sugar, for rolling/dusting
- 1 packet vanilla sugar (optional, for mixing with powdered sugar)