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Why It Works
- Cream cheese provides the dough tangy taste, makes it simpler rolling, and produces a sturdy pastry that holds its form.
- Sprinkling recent breadcrumbs over the filling prevents the jam from being overly runny.
- Baking the rugelach on stacked baking sheets prevents the bottoms of the cookies from turning into too darkish.
My grandmother was well-known for her rugelach: She saved them on the prepared beneath a cake dome the place us children might simply attain them, and she or he supplied them at bake gross sales and events. Hers had been the “American-style.” She made the dough with cream cheese, and all the time included a secret ingredient: recent breadcrumbs sprinkled over the filling to maintain it in place and stop the jam from being overly runny. Whereas I like basic rugelach, I additionally get pleasure from filling the pastry with raspberry jam, Nutella, or savory onion jam.
My grandmother all the time rolled her cookies into crescents, which takes a bit extra time, however it’s also possible to select spirals. (You may learn extra concerning the important methods to creating nice rugelach dough and methods to finest form it in my recipe for basic rugelach.)
Nonetheless you select to form it, make sure you bake them on two stacked baking sheets, which tempers the warmth and ensures you get golden, caramelized bottoms as a substitute of burnt ones.
Severe Eats / Emily Dryden
Severe Eats / Emily Dryden
For this raspberry-almond model, I add a whisper of orange zest to the dough, which shines alongside a jammy raspberry filling studded with nuts. You may substitute any jam, nut, or citrus right here—this recipe is sort of a roadmap to rugelach. Add the citrus zest to your wealthy, flaky cream cheese dough, let it chill, then wrap it across the filling. It is value selecting high quality jam for this—only a scant half cup will do the trick.
December 2017
These Buttery Raspberry-Almond Rugelach Are a Vacation Should-Bake
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For the Dough:
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4 1/4 ounces all-purpose flour (118g; about 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons), plus extra for dusting
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4 ounces unsalted butter (113g; 8 tablespoons), lower into massive cubes
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4 ounces chilly cream cheese (113g; 8 tablespoons), lower into massive cubes
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1/2 teaspoon finely grated orange zest from 1 medium orange
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1/8 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for desk salt, use half as a lot by quantity
For the Filling and to End:
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1 ounce almonds (28g; about 1/4 cup), toasted and finely chopped
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1 tablespoon granulated sugar (about 1/2 ounce; 15g)
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2 tablespoons recent breadcrumbs (1/2 ounce; 14g)
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6 ounces raspberry jam (170g; 1/2 cup), home made or a good-quality store-bought model, reminiscent of Bonne Maman
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1 egg yolk whisked with 1 teaspoon (5ml) cool water
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1 teaspoon glowing sugar
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For the Dough: Within the bowl of a meals processor, mix flour, butter, cream cheese, orange zest, and salt. Pulse 4 to five occasions, then flip the processor on and course of till the dough types a shaggy ball, about 1 minute.
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Switch dough to a calmly floured sheet of plastic wrap and calmly flour your arms. If making crescent cookies, gently kind a disk 5 inches in diameter. If making sliced cookies, kind dough right into a 3- by 4-inch rectangle. Mud floor with flour and wrap tightly. Evenly press with a rolling pin to clean, then calmly faucet the disk or rectangle’s edges on the counter. The smoother the perimeters, the much less susceptible they are going to be to cracking in a while. Chill till the dough registers 40°F (4°C) on an instant-read thermometer, about 1 hour. The dough could also be frozen for 3 months; defrost in a single day within the fridge to proceed.
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In the meantime, regulate oven rack to center place and preheat to 375°F (190°C). Stack 2 baking sheets and line the highest one with parchment paper; put aside.
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For the Filling: In a small bowl, mix almonds and sugar.
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For Crescent-Type Rugelach: On a calmly floured floor, roll dough right into a 9-inch circle, utilizing a dinner plate and paring knife to trim edges. Unfold jam over floor of dough utilizing an offset spatula, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle almond combination evenly over jam, then high with bread crumbs. Utilizing a pointy knife, pastry wheel, or pizza cutter, lower disk into 16 equal wedges. Ranging from the extensive finish of every lengthy triangle, roll up and press on the sharp finish to seal. Place seam facet down on baking sheet. Repeat with remaining triangles, working rapidly and putting cookies about 2 inches aside. Switch baking sheet to the freezer for no less than 20 minutes earlier than continuing. Alternatively, freeze arduous and switch to freezer luggage or containers for as much as 6 months; defrost within the fridge in a single day to proceed.
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For Sliced Rugelach: On a calmly floured floor, roll dough right into a 4- by 12-inch rectangle. Unfold jam over floor of dough utilizing an offset spatula, leaving a 1/2-inch border alongside the 2 12-inch edges. Sprinkle almond combination evenly over jam, then high with bread crumbs. Beginning at one 12-inch edge, tightly roll dough right into a spiral. Purpose to make 3 full revolutions, urgent seam firmly to seal. Place roll on baking sheet and freeze or refrigerate for no less than 30 and not more than 45 minutes. (If chilled for longer, enable dough to heat very barely at room temperature, so it won’t crack when sliced.) Utilizing a pointy knife, pastry wheel, or pizza cutter, lower roll into 12 cookies, every the form of an isosceles trapezoid. Preserve the smaller fringe of the trapezoid a minimum of 1/2 inch in size, and the bigger edge not more than 1 1/2 inches in size. Place seam facet down on baking sheet and switch to freezer for no less than 20 minutes earlier than continuing. Alternatively, freeze arduous and switch to freezer luggage or containers for as much as 6 months; defrost within the fridge in a single day to proceed.
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To End and Bake: Brush cookies’ floor with egg wash utilizing a small pastry brush. Sprinkle with glowing sugar. Bake cookies till browned and flaky, about 22 to 25 minutes. Some filling might squish out; that’s okay. The bottoms of the rugelach needs to be caramelized, not blackened. Switch the cookies (nonetheless on the parchment) to a rack to chill fully, about 1 hour. Retailer in an hermetic container, layered between sheets of wax paper, for as much as 3 weeks, or freeze for as much as 1 month.
Particular Tools
Meals processor, rolling pin, instant-read thermometer, two rimmed baking sheets, offset spatula, pastry brush, wire rack
Notes
It’s completely regular for the filling to squish out when the cookies bake, but when there are burnt puddles surrounding the cookies, go away an even bigger border on the fringe of the dough. The dough, unbaked cookies, or baked cookies might all be frozen.
