What’s a Hungarian Isler cookie? Imagine a dollop of sweet raspberry jam is sandwiched between two rich cookies flavored with walnuts and a hint of rum. That alone sounds great, but drizzling melted ...

Imagine a dollop of sweet raspberry jam sandwiched between two rich cookies flavored with walnuts and a hint of rum. That alone sounds great, but drizzling melted chocolate over these little sandwich ...

Whether dipped or not, the crunchy-but-not-too-crunchy ball cookie has a terrific balance of salt, and a nice sandy texture. Cream butter. Add sugar and beat until fluffy and well combined. Fold in ...

What the Scottish call a shortbread biscuit Americans call a shortbread cookie. I call it my cookie crush. Generally comprised of one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour, the seemingly ...

The popular Mexican wedding cake takes a delicious Eastern European detour. Instead of a dense mound of dough studded with nuts, the pastry dough puffs up like a mini croissant and is filled with ...

Contest Winner Barb Pakan of Munster displays a platter of her delicate fruit filled cookies called "Keflee," a Hungarian baking recipe tradition for the holidays.

Where to find kiffles was a topic of last week's Reader Mail column. Several people responded with recipes for the Hungarian cookies. Judy Manlove sent us a photo of a recipe for "kiefles" she clipped ...

I am of Eastern European descent and have numerous recipes passed down to me from relatives. I’ve been searching for pastry filling such as poppy seed, apricot or nut to make kiffles. They’re ...