Walnut Cream Cheese Rugalach - ★Cooking Recipes★

The addition of dried cherries sparks up this delicately textured cookies.
Directions for: Walnut Cream Cheese Rugalach

Ingredients

Walnut Cream Cheese Rugalach

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature

8 oz cream cheese

3 cup all purpose flour

tsp salt

cup lightly toasted walnuts

cup dried cherries

cup sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

To Assemble

Directions

Walnut Cream Cheese Rugalach

1. Cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add flour and salt and mix until dough just comes together. Wrap and chill dough for at least 2 hours.

2. Chop walnuts and dried cherries finely. Mix together with sugar, cinnamon, cream and vanilla extract until evenly blended.

3. Preheat oven to 350 F.

4. Cut dough into 8, and shape each into rounds. On a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar, roll a ball into a disc, about 6 to 8 inches. Cut disc into eight.

5. Sprinkle filling at widest end of each triangle. Roll each wedge from widest end, creating a croissant-like cookie. Pull ends together to touch and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

6. Bake cookies for 15-20 minutes.

To Assemble

1. Dust with icing sugar. Cookies will freeze well or keep in an airtight container for up to a week.

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