Rugelach
From dond 16 years ago
- 120 minutes to make
- Serves 32
This is my take on one of everybody's favorite deli pastries. It's not exactly like my grandmother's recipe, but everyone I make it for ends up asking for more. The cream cheese gives the pastry its richness.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature shopping list
- ½-pound unsalted butter, at room temperature shopping list
- ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar shopping list
- 9 tablespoons granulated sugar shopping list
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed shopping list
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon shopping list
- ¾ cup raisins shopping list
- 1 cup walnuts, finely chopped shopping list
- ½ cup apricot preserves, pureed in a food processor shopping list
- 1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon milk, for egg wash shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Cream the cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light.
- 2. Add ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar, the salt, and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour and mix until just combined. DON'T OVERWORK THE DOUGH.
- 3. Dump the dough out onto a well-floured board and roll it into a ball. Cut the ball in quarters, wrap each piece in plastic, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- 4. While the dough is chilling, make the filling by combining 6 tablespoons granulated sugar, the brown sugar, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, the raisins, and walnuts.
- 5. On a well-floured board, roll each ball of dough into a 9-inch circle. Spread the dough with 2 tablespoons apricot preserves and sprinkle with ½ cup of the filling. Press the filling lightly into the dough.
- 6. Cut the circle into 8 equal wedges — cutting the whole circle in quarters, then each quarter in half. It should look like a sliced pizza.
- 7. Starting with the wide edge, roll up each wedge, tucking the edges in slightly. Place the cookies, points tucked under, on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Chill for 30 minutes.
- 8. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- 9. Brush each cookie with the egg wash. Combine 3 tablespoons granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle on the cookies.
- 10. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack and let cool.
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