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Strawberry-Pecan Rugelach... Ok, thus we've likely all heard close rugelach cookies... they've been approximately for a long time. Originally dating dorsum to Jewish origin, the rugelach is a crescent type of cookie that's filled amongst a myriad of fillings. Rugelach cookies may live known inwards unlike countries past times unlike names... together with inwards Romania, rugelach are exactly known every bit "cornulte". Romanians similar to fill upward them amongst bits of Turkish delights together with comprehend them inwards enough of powdered sugar.
The rugelach dough is a tender type of dough... usually made amongst enough of butter (or lard/shortening) along amongst the improver of either sour cream or cream cheese. The dough usually doesn't accept whatsoever type of leavening, however, at that topographic point are older recipes that practice role yeast to brand the cookies super lite together with tender. The non-leavening version is a chip less complicated together with has to a greater extent than of a crumbly texture...
What I actually similar close making rugelach is that you lot tin role upward those jams you lot may accept sitting inwards the fridge, or those small amounts of nuts or dried fruits you lot may accept hanging inwards the freezer. And if you lot don't accept whatsoever nuts or fruits on hand, you lot tin exactly role a chip of jam... whatsoever season you lot prefer. In all honesty, fifty-fifty if you lot don't accept whatsoever jam on hand, you lot tin teach away amongst a generous dusting of cinnamon-sugar filling. That's what's overnice close the rugelach, you lot tin brand every bit many unlike filling variations every bit you lot like. You tin fifty-fifty become a chip fancy together with role chocolate, marzipan, or fifty-fifty a poppy seed filling. Lots of variations...
Because I had some strawberry jam on hand... together with some pecans, my variation was exactly a strawberry-pecan rugelach:). But you lot tin brand the rugelach your own. Be creative together with role ingredients you lot accept on hand. Hope you lot enjoy....
Tip: Dough needs to live chilled for a yoke of hours or more... thus innovation ahead.
Ingredients: adapted from Family Baking Book (ATK)... makes close 32 cookies, recipe tin easily live doubled.
For the dough:
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 loving cup (5 ounces) flour
1/8 tsp rum extract, optional
yoke drops of almond extract, optional
1 tsp freshly grated orangish zest
For the Filling:
1/3 loving cup (2 1/2 ounces) of sugar
1 tablespoon of position down cinnamon, or to taste
1/2 loving cup strawberry jam, can role jam of choice
1 loving cup (four ounces) pecans, chopped fine, can role walnuts fifty-fifty mini-chocolate chips
1/2 loving cup dried fruit of choice, cranberries, apricots golden raisins, can live omitted
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Topping, optional
icing sugar
Directions:
Make Dough:
1. Beat the butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, rum together with almond extracts(if using), orangish zest together with common salt together until lite together with fluffy.... close 3-6 minutes.
2. Scrape downwardly the sides of the bowl every bit needed.
3. Reduce speed together with add together flour. Mix until exactly combined.... close thirty seconds or so.
4. Remove dough from mixer bowl together with house onto a floured counter.
5. Divide dough into 2 equal pieces. Wrap inwards plastic wrap, together with refrigerate until firm, close 2 hours or so. I left mine overnight inwards the fridge, together with thus took it out to soften a chip on the counter earlier rolling.
- Pre-heat the oven to 375 F.
- Line 2 large baking sheets amongst parchment.
Assemble Cookies:
1. Roll each slice of dough into an xi inch circle, close 1/4 inch thick. I ended upward using a large dinner plate to cutting a overnice circle, but it isn't needed.
2. Spread close 1/4 loving cup of the jam on transcend of each round.
3. Sprinkle each amongst 1/2 loving cup of pecans. 1/4 loving cup dried fruit of choice, if using together with 1 tablespoon of the cinnamon sugar. You could role less of the cinnamon sugar, if you lot like.... I did.
4. Using a pizza cutter(or knife), cutting each dough circular evenly into sixteen wedges.
5. Roll upward each wedge(starting at the broad end) into a crescent. Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheets, amongst the pointed destination underneath.
6. With the pointed destination of cookie on the bottom, house each cookie close 2 inches apart unto the prepared cookie sheet.
7. Brush the melted butter over the cookies together with sprinkle amongst a tiny amount of the remaining cinnamon sugar. If you lot role likewise much saccharide it volition eventually displace every bit it bakes... thus role minimal amount together with house it alone on transcend of the cookie... role close a pinch.
8. Bake cookies until pale gilded together with slightly puffy, close xx min.
9. Immediately transfer the hot cookies to a wire rack... removing whatsoever burnt sugar/filling that may accept leaked out approximately the cookie... together with cool completely earlier serving. Don't allow the cookies to cool on the cookie canvas every bit it volition live difficult to take away the baked on sugary filling approximately the cookies.... together with they won't await pretty.
10. Dust amongst icing saccharide if desired.