Chocolate Chip, Cherry and Walnut Rugelach

Name: Chocolate Chip, Cherry and Walnut Rugelach
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters all purpose flour; 8 Tbsps dried tart cherries; 12 Tbsps cherry preserves; 170 grams chilled cream cheese, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0 teaspoons salt; 8 Tbsps miniature semisweet chocolate chips; 118 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 8 Tbsps finely chopped walnuts; 79 milliliters (about) whipping cream

Chocolate Chip, Cherry and Walnut Rugelach requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 32 servings with 180 calories, 2g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Not A mixture of sugar, whipping cream, cream cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Blend first 3 ingredients in processor.

Add butter and cream cheese and cut in using on/off turns until dough begins to clump together. Gather dough into ball. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces; flatten into disks. Wrap each in plastic and refrigerate 2 hours. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

Dough

Wrap

Let soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)

Line large baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Baking Sheet

Mix sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.

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Cinnamon

Sugar

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Bowl

Roll out 1 dough disk on floured surface to 9-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Spread 3 tablespoons cherry preserves over dough, leaving 1-inch border.

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Cherry Preserves

Spread

Dough

Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons dried cherries, then 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar and 2 tablespoons walnuts. Press filling firmly to adhere to dough.

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Chocolate Chips

Cinnamon Sugar

Dried Cherries

Walnuts

Dough

Cut dough round into 8 equal wedges. Starting at wide end of each wedge, roll up tightly. Arrange cookies, tip side down, on prepared baking sheet, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart and bending slightly to form crescents. Repeat 3 more times with remaining dough disks, preserves, dried cherries, chocolate chips, cinnamon sugar and walnuts.

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Chocolate Chips

Cinnamon Sugar

Dried Cherries

Refrigerated Crescent Rolls

Preserves

Walnuts

Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Place baking sheet in freezer 30 minutes.

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Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F.

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Brush cookies lightly with whipping cream.

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Whipping Cream

Bake frozen cookies until golden brown, about 40 minutes.

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Transfer cookies to racks and cool completely. (Can be made ahead. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week or freeze up to 1 month.)

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