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Rugalach Recipe

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The crisp texture of these crescent-shaped cookies makes them a terrific treat to serve alongside a steaming mug of hot chocolate or coffee.

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Rugalach Recipe

Prep: 40 min. + chilling Bake: 25 min./batch

Yield: 24 Servings

40 25 65

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
FILLING:
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted, divided
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

Directions

In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to cream cheese mixture and mix well. Divide dough into fourths. Wrap each portion in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle.
Roll out each portion between two sheets of waxed paper into a 12-in. circle. Remove top sheet of waxed paper. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Brush each circle with 1 tablespoon melted butter. Sprinkle each with 3 tablespoons cinnamon-sugar and 2 tablespoons pecans. Cut each into 12 wedges.
Roll up wedges from the wide end; place pointed side down 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Curve ends to form a crescent shape.
Bake at 350° for 24-26 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks. Brush warm cookies with remaining butter; sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookie equals 222 calories, 17 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 41 mg cholesterol, 193 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Rugalach in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2004, p75

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Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2012 by usjanrdms

These are excellent. I used walnuts instead of pecans and used a pizza cutter to cut the dough into wedges. Also did not brush them with butter or sprinkle with the sugar after they baked

Reviewed on Nov. 26, 2012 by rubydoo008

Love it my Grandma who was Hungarian made something similar

Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2009 by Hydes

I always wanted to make rugalach... This

recipe was perfect. The family loved them!

I will be making them again...