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hungarian pastry crescents from The Jewish Kitchen
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Hungarian Pastry Crescents

These delicious pastries are moist, flaky, and filled with sweet goodness. You can switch out the filling for a different flavored preserve or add nuts if you like--no matter how you personalize them, they will melt in your mouth.
Course Desserts
Cuisine Jewish
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 day 30 minutes
Servings 18 cookies

Ingredients

For the Dough

  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1/2 lb. block of cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 tsp. Kosher salt
  • 2 cups flour

For the Filling

  • 1/2 cup chopped nuts
  • 3 tbsp. sugar
  • 1/2 cup strawberry or raspberry preserves
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Mix the dough ingredients together thoroughly and refrigerate overnight.
  2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Roll pastry very thin and cut into 2" squares.
  4. Mix filling ingredients together. Put a spoonful of filling in center of square and roll up, curving into shape of a crescent.
  5. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 - 425 degrees.