How to Make Walnut Rugelach - A Step-by-Step Guide

There's something incredibly satisfying about the process of making homemade pastries. The smell of dough baking in the oven, the anticipation of a sweet treat waiting to be enjoyed - it's the kind of comfort that's hard to beat. And when it comes to pastries, few can rival the simple pleasure of biting into a flaky, nut-filled rugelach.

Originating from Eastern Europe, rugelach are small, crescent-shaped pastries that are traditionally filled with a variety of sweet fillings, like fr...

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Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg yolk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 cup ground walnuts
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Information

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 15 mins
  • Additional Time: 4 hrs
  • Total Time: 4 hrs 45 mins
  • Servings: 36
  • Yield: 3 dozen rugelach

  • Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together onto a sheet of waxed paper.
  • Beat 1/4 cup white sugar, butter, and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
  • Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough is just combined. Divide dough into 3 equal portions; shape each portion into a disk, wrap disks in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  • Beat egg white in a bowl with an electric mixture until frothy. Mix walnuts and 1/2 cup white sugar into egg white.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Remove dough from plastic wrap and roll each disk out into a 7-inch circle. Spread 1/3 the egg white mixture onto each dough circle, leaving a 1/4-inch border around the edge of each circle. Cut each circle into 12 wedges. Roll up each wedge from the edge to the point and place, point-side down, on a baking sheet.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool and dust with confectioners' sugar.
  • Nutrition

    62 cal.

    • Total Fat: 3g
    • Saturated Fat: 1g
    • Cholesterol: 10mg
    • Sodium: 25mg
    • Total Carbohydrate: 8g
    • Dietary Fiber: 0g
    • Total Sugars: 4g
    • Protein: 1g
    • Calcium: 7mg
    • Iron: 0mg
    • Potassium: 18mg