Directions:
- Cream butter, cheese, and zest with a mixer on medium speed.
- Sift dry ingredients and add; blend just until incorporated (use a wooden spoon if hard to mix).
- Shape dough into a thick log and divide into three 8-oz. portions.
- Wrap each piece in plastic and flatten into a disk.
- Chill dough overnight before using.
- Preheat oven to 350°; line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Prepare (but keep separate) walnuts, cinnamon-sugar (mix 3/4 cup sugar with the 1 TBS cinnamon), melted butter, egg-water wash (mix egg with the 1 tsp water), and sprinkling sugar.
- Lightly dust work surface with flour.
- Flatten a chilled dough disk lightly with rolling pin, then roll it into a 12 circle, 1/8 thick.
- Flip dough often to prevent sticking.
- Ragged edges are normal.
- If there are big gaps in the dough, just trim off a little dough from another area (any place it goes over 12 ) and patch it in inches.
- Lightly brush the dough with melted butter; sprinkle 1/4 cup cinnamon-sugar over the entire surface.
- Then sprinkle 1/3 cup chopped walnuts on the sugar.
- With the rolling pin, gently press the nuts into the dough all the way across the circle—this will help keep the nuts in place when you roll up the cookies.
- Use a pizza wheel to cut 16 wedges—first cut the circle in half, then in half again to make quarters. Now cut each quarter in half, then again to make 16.
- Starting at the wide end of a wedge, roll it to the center of the circle to make a crescent.
- Place on a prepared baking sheet, point down, spacing 1 apart.
- Gently brush cookies with egg wash and sprinkle with sugar.
- Bake 20–30 min., or until brown, rotating pan halfway through baking.
- Cool rugelach on racks.
- **Special Tip**:
- Rugelach rules are minimal—here is how to roll, assemble, and bake.
- Rolling: It’s fine if you don’t roll a perfect circle (I can’t!). The dough will crack at the edges— that’s okay! Once the round is roughly 12 across, patch gaps with dough trim from the sides.
- Assembling: Don’t skimp on cinnamon-sugar and nuts when assembling rugelach. You’ll think it’s overloaded inside, but most of the cookie’s flavor comes from the filling. Coarse sugar sprinkled on top makes festive-looking rugelach, but if you don’t have it, just use a good amount of regular sugar.
- Baking: Of these three rules, baking is most critical. Rugelach must be baked long enough—they’re thick in the middle and will take longer to bake than most other cookies. Your goal is a cookie with rich browning all the way around—but not too much!
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 408.41 Kcal (1710 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 258.46 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 28.72g | 44% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 64.54mg | 22% | |
| Sodium | 193.48mg | 8% | |
| Potassium | 247.86mg | 5% | |
| Total Carbs | 33.64g | 11% | |
| Sugars | 13.01g | 52% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.71g | 7% | |
| Protein | 6.11g | 12% | |
| Vitamin C | 0.4mg | 1% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.2mg | 7% | |
| Iron | 0.6mg | 4% | |
| Calcium | 30.7mg | 3% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 498.41 Kcal (2087 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 315.42 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 35.05g | 44% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 78.76mg | 22% | |
| Sodium | 236.12mg | 8% | |
| Potassium | 302.47mg | 5% | |
| Total Carbs | 41.06g | 11% | |
| Sugars | 15.87g | 52% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 2.09g | 7% | |
| Protein | 7.45g | 12% | |
| Vitamin C | 0.5mg | 1% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.3mg | 7% | |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 4% | |
| Calcium | 37.5mg | 3% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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