Walnut Rugelach

These beautiful, delicious rugelach cookies with walnut filling are a great addition to holiday feasts.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 62 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together onto a sheet of waxed paper.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Beat egg white in a bowl with an electric mixture until frothy. Mix walnuts and 1/2 cup white sugar into egg white.

Step 6

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.

Step 7

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool and dust with confectioners' sugar.