‘Rugelach’ Cream Cheese Pastry
‘Rugelach’ Cream Cheese Pastry

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ‘rugelach’ cream cheese pastry. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

‘Rugelach’ Cream Cheese Pastry is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. ‘Rugelach’ Cream Cheese Pastry is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Cream the cheese and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until light. With the mixer on low speed, add the. Rugelach is a soft pillowy, flaky filled pastry and we can't get enough. The homemade version is so easy to make and similar to pie crust.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have ‘rugelach’ cream cheese pastry using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Rugelach’ Cream Cheese Pastry:
  1. Get <Dough Ingredients>
  2. Prepare 60 g Cream Cheese *softened
  3. Prepare 60 g Butter *softened
  4. Make ready 1 Egg Yolk
  5. Get 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  6. Get 1 cup Plain Flour
  7. Take Powdered Sugar for dusting *optional
  8. Make ready <Filling Ingredients>
  9. Get 1/4 cup Apricot Jam
  10. Take 1/4 cup Walnuts, Almonds or Pecans *finely chopped
  11. Make ready 1/4 cup Sultanas *coarsely chopped
  12. Make ready 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
  13. Prepare 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

Although everyone swears that their bubbe has the best recipe out there, that's because every great bubbe's rugelach shares one convenient ingredient in common: cream cheese. In a mixing bowl or food processor, cream the butter and cream cheese together. Add the pinch of salt and sugar. Beat in the flour, a little at a time.

Instructions to make ‘Rugelach’ Cream Cheese Pastry:
  1. Combine softened Butter and softened Cream Cheese in a bowl, add Egg Yolk and Vanilla, and mix well.
  2. Add Plain Flour and mix as you cut the butter mixture into flour. Use your hands to bring the mixture together into dough. *Note: If the mixture is too soft, add 1-2 tablespoons extra flour.
  3. Make filling by mixing all the ingredients.
  4. Preheat oven to 170°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  5. On a lightly floured flat surface, use a rolling pin to roll the dough out to a large 3mm thick disc larger than 30cm in diameter.
  6. Cut the disc into 16 wedges, spread the filling mixture and roll up each wedge from the outside edge.
  7. Place on the prepared baking tray and bake for 30 minutes or until golden.
  8. Remove from oven and set aside to cool. Dust with Powdered Sugar.

Add the pinch of salt and sugar. Beat in the flour, a little at a time. Knead the dough lightly until all the flour is incorporated. Cream first four ingredients together until smooth. (You may add in the yolk from the egg white if you like. I didn't, but it wouldn't hurt.).

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