Poland · Europe
Rugelach
The cream-cheese dough is chilled and prepped first, then wrapped around its sweet cargo.
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The Chemistry in This Bake
Chilling and prepping the cream-cheese dough shell before wrapping the sweet filling inside it.
Learn the full technique →Ingredients
- Cream cheese (softened)
- Butter
- All-purpose flour
- Sugar
- Walnuts (finely chopped)
- Raspberry or apricot jam
- Raisins (optional)
- Cinnamon
- Egg (for wash)
Method
Beat cream cheese and butter, mix in flour, and chill the dough several hours until firm.
Prepare the filling of jam, nuts, sugar, and cinnamon.
Roll the chilled dough into thin circles.
Spread a thin layer of filling over each circle.
Cut into wedges and roll each from the wide end.
Brush with egg wash and bake at 175 °C for 20-25 minutes until golden.