Butter Horns : Traditional Hungarian Pastry

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My grandmother made the best Hungarian butter horns that I've ever tasted!

Holidays were always the time of year that my grandmother Julila Nagy baked the most of her famous Hungarian Butter Horns.  Grandma was famous for her traditional Hungarian pastry butter horns! She could make hundreds of these at a time, with several different fillings -- usually nuts, apricots, and prune.  Ah, grandma's nut horns, apricot horns, and prune horns were all so delicious. I love to reminisce about sitting in my grandmother's kitchen and watching her cook and bake her butter horns.

It's interesting about nostalgic food memories. You can almost smell and taste these butter horns too. And, I actually can visualize grandma rolling out the dough, filling the butter horns and baking them. Ah, memories! Get the best-ever recipe here!

Grandma, I sure do miss you and your delicious butter horns! {{{Hugs}}} >>> My grandmother made the best Hungarian butter horns that I've ever tasted! She was famous for her traditional Hungarian pastry butter horns!

Butter Horns : Traditional Hungarian Pastry was originally created on December 21, 2007.

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My grandmother made the best butter horns!!! 

Hungarian Butter Horns Best-Ever Recipe

Grandma's recipe always used sour cream and Crisco!

hungarian butter horn4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 packet yeast

Mix and add
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup lard
1/2 cup Crisco

Add
3 egg yolks
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
Form into 3 balls and chill 5 hours or overnight

Roll out balls with powdered sugar and cut with pizza cutter. Then spread filling on and shape roll into crescent.

Filling:
3 egg whites 1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup chopped nuts

Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes until slightly browned. Frost when cool. (Frosting follows)

Frosting:
1/8 lb. butter 2 cups powdered sugar
1 egg or 1/4 cup milk or more

--thatsmyhome.com



Presentation of Desserts, from a Hungarian Cookery Book on French Cooking, c.1880Presentation of Desserts, from a Hungarian Cookery Book on French Cooking, c.1880Presentation of Desserts, from a Hungarian Cookery Book on French Cooking, c.1880Presentation of Desserts, from a Hungarian Cookery Book on French Cooking, c.1880Presentation of Desserts, from a Hungarian Cookery Book on French Cooking, c.1880

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Grandma's Cooking the Best!

My grandmother's butter horns were so good that they melted in your mouth. She didn't need icing, but simply sprinkled confectioner's sugar on the horns after they cooled.

What do you like in your horns?

I particularly loved my grandmother's NUT butter horns!

What's your favorite filling?

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Apricot

poddys says:

I like the sound of apricot, it's one of my favorite fruits

Nuts

GypsyPirate says:

Gotta be nuts.

 
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Another Hungarian Butter Horns Recipe

4 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1-1/4 cups butter
1 cake yeast
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup sour cream

Cut flour, salt and butter with a pastry blender or fork. Crumble yeast in flour mixture. Beat egg yolks and sour cream. Add to first mixture. Divide into 8 Equal parts. Roll each portion as you would for a pie. Cut into 8 wedges.

Filling:
4 egg whites, beaten stiff
1 cup sugar, beaten stiff
1 cup finely ground nuts
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Spread filling and roll from wide end. (Roll dough on powdered sugar.) Bake on cookie sheet at 350 degrees for 18 minutes. Makes 64. --cooks.com.

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1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup cream style cottage cheese
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 egg whites
2 cups chopped nuts
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

In large bowl, beat together butter or margarine and cottage cheese til light and fluffy. Add flour until dough forms a ball. Divide dough into 3 equal portions. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and grease cookie sheets.

To Make Filling: Combine egg whites, nuts, water, and ground cinnamon. Mix well and set aside. On a floured surface roll 1 portion of dough into a 10 inch circle. Spread circle with 1/3 of the filling to within approximately 1/2 inch of the edge. Cut circle into 24 pie shaped wedges. Beginning at outer edge roll up each wedge tightly. Place point side down on cookie sheet 1 1/2 inches apart.

Bake 13-15 minutes or until golden (be sure to watch carefully as these cookies burn easily). Remove to rack to cool. Repeat process with each remaining portion of dough and filling.

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Salt

Reserve 2 Tbsp butter and 1-1/2 cups of the flour. Combine the remaining flour and butter with masher or knives and refrigerate. Using reserved flour, butter and remaining ingredients, prepare A well kneaded soft dough.

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    GypsyPirate Feb 7, 2012 @ 10:06 pm | delete
    My heritage is from Czeckoslovakia - many similarities to Hungary. I have been searching for my grandmother's nut horn recipe and believe I have the dough to try. And, now thanks to this lens, I think I finally have the nut filling!! I know hers had egg whites in it and this is the first I have found that has them. Thanks for a delightful walk down memory lane!
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    Rachel Feb 3, 2012 @ 6:03 pm | delete
    My mom has make these for years; they were the delight of many bake sales and parties. So glad to find the recipe because my mother finally lost her last copy. When we make them, we sometimes top them with a sugar glaze and more chopped nuts.
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    jimmyworldstar Jan 22, 2012 @ 1:19 pm | delete
    These looks delicious too, never tried these either but are they a flaky sort of pastry or very soft?
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    Rachel Feb 3, 2012 @ 6:01 pm | delete
    Flaky, because the butter makes them crispy.
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    karmicchristian Dec 31, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    These look like they are gonna melt in my mouth! I am drooling and glad you can't see (virtually!) ;)
    I wanted an after dinner delight and am glad I found one! Funny thing; the monitor tastes sad! :|
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