Rugelach 2

3 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2eachesSticks butter, softened
6ouncesCream cheese, room temp.
3cupsFlour
½teaspoonSalt
¾cupSugar
2teaspoonsCinnamon
6tablespoonsChopped raisins
6tablespoonsChopped walnuts
¾cupJam (apricot, strawberry, or raspberry)
1eachEgg yolk
1tablespoonWater

Directions

Combine the butter & cream cheese & beat until well mixed. Add the flour & salt & mix until completely blended. The dough will be easier to handle if you wrap & chill it for about an hour. Stir together ½ C. sugar & the cinnamon. Add the raisins & walnuts & toss to coat all the pieces. Preheat oven to 375 degrees & get out some cookie sheets.

Divide the dough into 6 equal parts. Keep chilled any dough you are not working on. Roll 1 of the pieces into an 8" circle. Spread with 2 Tbsp. jam & sprinkle with 2 Tbsp. of the sugar-raisin- nut mixture.

Cut into 8 pie-shaped wedges. Beginning at the wide end, roll toward the point, & form a crescent shape. Roll out & form the remaining dough in the same way. Place the cookies, point side down, about 1" apart on the ungreased cookie sheets. Mix together the egg yolk & water & brush over the top of each cookie. Sprinkle each cookie with a little of the remaining ¼ C. sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Remove from oven & transfer to racks to cool.

48 cookies. This was shared with me on $p$ by Scott Hammon, who took it from The Fannie Farmer Baking Book.

TO ALL Submitted By PETER ULINSKAS SUBJ COOKIE RECIPE ??? On 12-19-94