I put out a plate on Thanksgiving, and they all disappeared.
I guess I'll have to make another batch (or 4!) for Christmas.
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Rugelach
4 oz cream cheese
8 oz butter
1/4 c sugar
1 1/2 c flour
1/4 t salt
2/3 c sugar
1 c dried cranberries or raisins
1/3 c chopped toasted pecans or walnuts
8 oz butter
2 t cinnamon
1/2 t allspice
1/2 t nutmeg
1 egg, beaten with a little water
sugar for sprinkling
Beat the butter and cream cheese together. Mix in flour, then sugar and salt. Form into 6 balls, and flatten them into disks. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate about 4 hours.
Mix together the filling ingredients - You can do it in a food processor, or by hand. If you mix by hand, you'll have to chop up the cranberries.
Roll out one dough disk into an 8 inch circle. Cut into 8 equal wedges. Add a teaspoon or 2 of filling to each one. Fold in the corners of the wide end of the wedge, and roll up.
Brush cookies with beaten egg, and sprinkle with sugar.
Bake on greased baking sheets for 16 minutes at 350.
17 comments:
Oh, I love those. Now I won't be able to stop thinking about them until I can eat some.
Those look familiar, what part of the world are they from? They sound wicked good, I love cream cheese dough.
Hey Betts - Try the recipe, I've been making it since I was 15, you can't mess it up!
Hi Bob - They're Polish, but my Hungarian friends say they make something similar. Definitely delicious, wherever they're from.
This looks very interesting I might try them. I only recently discovered you can add cream cheese to dough.
Hi Kiran -
I love cream cheese doughs, they're so easy to work with. Try the cookies, they're delicious!
Are they flakey like traditional ragulach or more melt in your mouth?
Hey Sister Cooks - Kind of a mix of both, actually :)
Wow, those sounds really delicious :)
Thank you for your comment Vicki, I bought recently this pepper and it has some seeds in it that I crush together with husks in mortar… and it is ok but yes, discarding seeds may help. You may want to use cotton / muslin spice bags:
http://www.coffeeandvanilla.com/?p=4192
which you remove at the end of cooking.
Enjoy your day, Margot
Hi Margot -
I haven't found anyone who doesn't love 'em.
I never thought of bagging the pepper, I'll try that next time :)
Thanks!
Oh my gosh, they look fabulous! I've always been afraid to make those!
Hi Elle -
Don't be scared! They're so easy and very forgiving. Only thing you have to be careful of is leaky burning sugar filling :)
I love rugelach -- especially with apricots. I've never thought of making them myself, so thanks for posting this. It's no wonder the plate was emptied -- yours look delicious!
Hi Kelly -
I forgot about the apricot version! Now I have an excuse to make another batch :)
Mmmm I'm not the biggest Rugelach fan, but these look kind of yummy and easy to make?
Hey BKS - Very easy, but a little fussy. Worth it, though.
These look delicious! I love rugelach during the holiday season. Thanks!
Hi Susan - Thanks! And thanks for hosting Eat Christmas Cookies!
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