Flaky Hungarian Cookies

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup margarine
• 1 tablespoon lard
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 lb walnuts
• 3 egg whites
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 fresh lemon rind
• 1 lb dry curd cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 lb ground poppy seed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon rind
• 1/2 cup dried apricot
• 1/2 cup sugar (to taste)
• 1/2 cup drained crushed pineapple (optional)

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 mix and blend flour, baking powder, water, vinegar, and egg yolks until dough comes clean of hands. chill.
• 3 butter mixture:.
• 4 mix margarine, lard and flour together and allow it to soften.
• 5 when dough is chilled, roll it out and spread with butter mixture; fold dough and refrigerate.
• 6 repeat this process 4 times; next day, cut the dough into squares with a hot knife.
• 7 fill with chosen filling.
• 8 bake at 375 degrees fahrenheit.
• 9 nut filling:.
• 10 grind nuts.
• 11 beat egg whites until stiff but still moist.
• 12 fold in sugar and nuts carefully.
• 13 add lemon rind.
• 14 pot cheese filling:.
• 15 mash cottage cheese with fork.
• 16 add sugar, salt and eggs. mix very well.
• 17 poppyseed filling:.
• 18 cook poppy seeds, sugar, milk, and butter until thick, for 10 to 15 minutes on low flame.
• 19 add lemon rind.
• 20 cool well before using.
• 21 apricot filling:.
• 22 cook dried apricots until tender; mash and add sugar to taste.
• 23 drained crushed pineapple may be added.