This week we have Rugelach! Before making them for TWD a few years ago I had never heard of Rugelach and had no idea how to pronounce it let alone how they were supposed to look or taste. I felt a bit more prepared this time around and had fun with the recipe.I made just a 1/3 batch (using only 1 stick of butter instead of 3!!!) and used prunes, dark chocolate and walnuts for the filling. Yum!
It seemed like the humidity would be a problem for this pastry so I made it in the food processor using cold butter and cream cheese then chilled it overnight before rolling. It worked like a charm and made some seriously good pastry!
Even with a 1/3 batch I still got 24 little cookies (pastries?). They were amazing straight out of the oven and still good the next day although they had lost their crispy edges.
There's still about a cup of prune levkar left and my boys are loving it spread on their toast or stirred through porridge for breakfast.
Thanks to Margaret and Jessica for a great pick! I'm happy to have conquered Rugelach and will definitely make them again with the apricot filling too. You will find the recipe on their blogs under today's date.
Your Rugelach look beautiful...
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so clean and neat! Your cookies look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThey look absolutely perfect!
ReplyDeleteI almost put dark chocolate in my prune ones, it sounds so good. And thanks for the idea about what to do with the extra Lekvar. Very smart. Beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteLooks lovely ... you did a very good job .. loved these cookies :-)
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Your rugelach turned out picture perfect!
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done! I liked them best warm, too.
ReplyDeleteI brought the recipie down as well, I can't imagine HOW many I'd have had if I made the entire thing! Oh my!
ReplyDeleteThey came out really cute! I think you kept yours a bit more contained than I did ;)
Very nice!!!! They look beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else, they look great!
ReplyDeleteThey look delicious!
ReplyDeleteToo funny - I made a 1/3 batch and wound up with a bakers dozen. I know mine must have been too big. Yours look petite & cute! Great job!
ReplyDeleteWow, yours look fantastic! :)
ReplyDeleteI only made a portion of this, too. I made it in the food processor and it was so easy. Yours look delicious!
ReplyDeleteThe chocolate was definitely a good call on these. Very nice rolling job!
ReplyDeletePrune & chocolate sound wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThey look great!
ReplyDeleteI skipped adding additional dried fruit and was so pleased I did it. They were just perfect!
http://sweetandthatsit.blogspot.com/2012/03/rugelach-baking-with-julia.html
Wow! You got a really impressive spiral! Mine barely event connected up with themselves. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the spiral look of your rolls. Mine were a little less than picture perfect.
ReplyDeletelooks great - next time I may just try the food processor
ReplyDeleteThey look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWe made a half batch as well & it was still a lot of cookies.
Your rugelach look great! I'll have to try the levkar one day.
ReplyDeleteI like how you can still see the prune swirl throughout yours. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThey look perfect. I also did a smaller batch; mine was half. That was still two pans of rugelach!
ReplyDeleteyour rugelach looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful-this was fun and quite a learning experience for us bakers!
ReplyDeleteFrom a fellow TWD participant, your rugelach is gorgeous! For some reason I wasn't able to get that tight spiral in mine but you nailed it! Glad to bake with you :)
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