These tender layered pastries feature two classic fillings: sweet walnut and fragrant dried apricot. The buttery kefir dough is soft, easy to work with, and bakes into delicate layers that almost melt in your mouth. Although baked as one large pie, it is traditionally cooled and cut into individual pastries, making it perfect for holidays, tea time, or sharing with family and friends.

    Croissants, though famously French, actually trace their roots to Vienna, Austria! Their ancestor is the kipferl, a crescent-shaped pastry that dates back to at least the 13th century. Legend says Viennese bakers created it to celebrate the defeat of the Ottoman Turks — the crescent shape imitating the symbol on the Ottoman flag.