I have to say that I am in love with these cookies and can’t believe it that it took me so long to discover this Jewish treat.
Rugelach is one of the treats that was brought to American by the eastern European immigrants and are very popular during the Jewish holidays. It is made of a soft flaky pastry like cream cheese dough filled with nuts, dried fruits and jam or even chocolate. Its the matter of preference. I used Apricot jam along with Cinnamon, Almonds, Walnuts and some dries cranberries. I will have to make these cookies again with the chocolate filling for my chocoholic friends.
I have a confession, when I went through the recipe for the first time I was not very thrilled. It seemed complicated and I am not a very big fan of dried fruits in cookies. On top of that I had never had a Rugelach in my life so was kind of nervous baking something that I had never tasted. I almost dropped the idea of baking it but in the spirit of the group (TWD:Baking with Julia) I am so glad I did not listen to my first instinct and gave it a try.
Once I started I found the recipe much easier than I thought. Yes it does take time and couple of extra steps to put them together but Oh Boy!!!! its worth the effort trust me!!!!!!!
The Dough was very easy to work with and came together perfectly without any effort. I tried to make my cookies in two styles, rolled up and crescent style. Both were great. Make sure that your dough is chilled properly as it makes it very easy to roll them up.
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Definitelt worth the effort!! Very pretty, too.
Very nicely done! I love the cream cheese pastry. I like that you used almonds – I used walnuts & pecans.
Thank you !!! the almonds gave them a very good crunch and flavor !!!!!!
Yours look wonderful! I had never heard of these before myself and I’ve been missing out!
So many of us were first-timers with this recipe! Great to read about everyone’s different experiences. Yours look great, very nutty!
Yours look fantastic! Excellent job!
These definitely seemed far more complicated than they really were.
The same here with your initial thoughts for the recipe. I was not enthusiastic about trying it at all.. But they were so delicious, definitely worth the effort..
YUM! They look great!
I felt the same way when I first read the recipe! I am also not a fan of dried fruits so I opted not to add them, but I was also surprised how much we all liked them. Glad you had a similar experience!
I am so glad i made these .. they were like a hidden treasure !!!!
Lovely cookies! Glad you found these to be a hit.
I, too, was surprised by how easy the cookies were, they seemed so much more complicated in the recipe! You should try a Nutella filling, it’s delicious :)
Nutella sounds so good … will try it the next time !!!
Your cookies look great. I would not have picked these out of make, but what a popular cookie they are. Crunchy and chewy and sweet are excellent features.
I love rugelach from the bakery – that was the only thing that motivated me to do this long recipe – so worth it – and cheers to you for going for it too!
Apricot jam with extra almonds in the filling sounds great!
Your rugelach turned out great! I agree that they were lots of effort, but so worth it.