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Sour Cherry Rugelach
Cardamom, added to the dough, gives these flaky, fruit-filled cookies a little something special.
- Makes24 cookies
- Cook Time1 hour
- Active time plus coolingplus chilling and cooling
- 3
Rugelach are pastry-like cookies that feature a rich, tender dough wrapped around a dried fruit filling. Our dough is spiced with cardamom and “folded” three times, similar to a puff pastry, to give the baked cookies a delicate flakiness. Additional spices add warm flavor and fragrance to the sweet-tart filling. We preferred the chunky texture of apricot preserves, but smoother-textured apricot jam worked well, too.
Don't use dried sweet cherries in the filling. Dried sour cherries, which are usually lightly sweetened, give the filling a pleasant tang. When slicing the dough logs before baking, don't cut all the way through; partial cuts will prevent the filling from oozing out during baking.
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