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Rugelach




Source of Recipe


Olga


Recipe Introduction


Introduction
Wondrously chewy little crescents made with a cream cheese dough. Choose either the jam or chocolate filling. A tad fiddly to make, they're well worth the effort.



List of Ingredients




2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup cold butter, cubed
8 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature, cut in chunks
1 egg

JAM FILLING:
1/2 cup raspberry or apricot jam
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 tbsp.cocoa powder

CHOCOLATE FILLING:
8 oz. bitterseeet or semisweet chocolate finely chopped
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp. cocoa powder


GLAZE:
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup granulated sugar


Recipe



PASTRY, place flour in bowl. Using pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. With fork, stir in cream cheese and egg, mixing just until dough forms a ball. Turn out onto work surface and knead gently a few times until smooth. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours or up to 2 day.
(Pastry can also be made in food processor. Process flour and butter until texture of coarse crumbs. Add cream cheese and egg and pulse until dough forms a ball. Knead and refrigerate as above.)

Divide dough into quarters. On lightly floured work surface, roll one-quarter into circle 1/8 inch (or thinner if possible - the cookies will be crisper).

IF USING JAM FILLING, spread jam over entire circle.

In bowl, combine brown sugar, walnuts, cinnamon and cocoa. Sprinkle one-quarter of this mixture over jam.

FOR CHOCOLATE FILLING, simply combine chopped chocolate, sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle one-quarter of mixture over pastry circle.

Cut pastry round into 12 wedges. Roll up each wedge tightly starting at outside edge. Place on greased baking sheet with tip of pastry on bottom. Gently bend ends to form crescents.

Brush crescents with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

Bake in preheated 350 F. oven about 30 minutes or until deep golden-brown. Remove to rack to cool.
YIELD: 4 Dozen