Rugelach - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cup cream cheese, softened
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    1/2 lb unsalted butter
    1/4 cup apricot jam (more or less)
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/3 cup granulated sugar
    1 2/3 cups dark raisins
    1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
    1 tablespoon granulated sugar
    1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Preparation
    Mix cream cheese, flour & butter, then divide into 4 balls & wrap inaluminum foil ~ Refrigerate at least 6 hours.
    When ready to work the dough, preheat oven to 375 degrees F (or 190 degrees C) & lightly grease & flour a cookie sheet (or enough to bake 24 rugelach).
    Roll out each ball to 1/4\" (or 6mm) thickness & about 10\" (25 cm) in diameter or more.
    Cut each circle into 10-12 wedges, then spread wedges thinly with jam.
    Mix together cinnamon, sugar, raisins & walnuts, then spread this mixture over the jam on each wedge.
    Mix together 1 tablespoon each of sugar & cinnamon & set aside.
    Roll each wedge gently, starting at the wide part & ending at the point.
    Place each rolled wedge on prepared cookie sheet(s), & sprinkle LIGHTLY with sugar/cinnamon mix.
    Bake 30 minutes or untl golden brown, then cool before serving.

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