Real Rugelach

"This recipe is a traditional Jewish recipe that is mouth watering! We love to get the Zabar's Rugelach in New York City, and this recipe comes closest that I've found. I baked these last night and my son in law ate 7 in a row! He just kept making "yummy sounds" and saying "oh my gosh I love these things"! That's good enough for me :) Here's the recipe....just make sure the dough is cold when you work with it and chill the formed cookies before you bake them. It makes a difference! Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
13
Yields:
32 cookies
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a mixing bowl or food processor, cream the butter and cream cheese together.
  • Add sugar, salt and vanilla and mix well.
  • Beat in the flour, little by little. Work the dough lightly just until all the flour is incorporated. Do not knead.
  • Divide the dough into 4 portions. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap.
  • Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
  • Prepare the filling and set aside.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Roll out one of the portion of dough in a circle about 1/16 inch thick. ( About a 9 inch circle).
  • Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the filling on entire circle of dough, lightly pressing into dough.
  • With a knife or pastry wheel, cut the pastry into 8 pie-shaped wedges.
  • Roll up each wedge starting from wide edge, putting point end down on foil or parchment paper lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough.
  • Chill formed cookies for 20 minutes on pan.
  • Beat egg and cream or milk together and brush on cookies with pastry brush, then sprinkle with some of filling mixture.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.

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I am the proud mother of 3..... 2 girls and a boy. This is a picture of myself and my oldest daughter, who is now a married woman, and is a Recipe Zaar member, known as "Sarah in New York"!! I have been married for 30 years to a wonderful Christian man who is crazy about me, and calls me "Bean". Everyone wonders how he doesn't weigh 300 pounds, the way our family eats! I was raised by a mom that was a chef from West Virginia, and I learned to love to cook....and to appreciate how to use a good glassful of reserved bacon fat ") My family has been in ministry to troubled teenagers in upstate New York for 28 years. Both my daughters are married now, and we all work in the same ministry, one teaching music like myself, and the other, a teacher in the high school. My girls and I also travel and sing with teens from our ministry throughout the year in churches, schools, and detention centers all over the USA and Canada. My son was in Nigeria for a year, teaching English in a Christian school, and is now back in the U.S. attending college in upstate N.Y. He is an accomplished guitarist and is one of the worship leaders in his church. I love this website that my daughter, "Sarah in New York" introduced me to! :) I am a blessed Mommy Bean :) Please check out the link to the home for troubled teens where we work! www.freedomvillageusa.com <img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/tgifford/Game%20Room%20Banners/AM%20Banners/potluckpbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"><img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg">
 
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