Rugelach – TWD
When I heard this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie pick by Piggy of Piggy’s Cooking Journal was rugelach, well, I was a bit skeptical. I’ve never even heard of rugelach, never mind actually ever having some. So you can understand why I might be a wee bit nervous about making a brand new sweet, especially when I still have baked goods from previous weeks laying around.
Oh man, were my worries unfounded. Although I was reminded of something I had made before by the way they were rolled, the rugelach were so much better. Seriously. I ate four as soon as they were cool enough to touch. It’s possible that there won’t be any left tomorrow.
Rather than using the exact fillings that Dorie lists, I used her suggestions more as guidelines. For the jam, I used my favorite jam in the whole wide world – my grandmother’s strawberry jam. Seriously, I’m spoiled. I won’t eat any other jam. (Remind me to get that recipe from her someday… I must learn to make it!) I used just a sprinkling of pecans for the nuts (I’m not a huge nut fan), and a ton of chocolate. What? I like chocolate. Although a lot of the jam melted all over the pan rather than staying in the rugelach, it still turned out wonderfully. And very addictive. I have a feeling these (along with the biscotti) may be making another appearance during the holidays…
Beth 11/04/2008 at 11:41am
Those look GREAT!
Beth’s last blog post… No TWD for me
Lillian 11/05/2008 at 06:32pm
They sure are good, aren’t they? And you can put anything in the middle, and they’ll still be good!
Allison 11/06/2008 at 12:54am
Beth – Thanks!
Lillian – Amazing. 🙂 I definitely want to make these again, and try them with savory fillings as well. I can think of a few combinations that probably would taste really great.
Barbara 11/08/2008 at 06:18pm
Glad you liked them! I find them habit-forming, myself…consider yourself warned!
Allison 11/11/2008 at 11:14pm
Barbara – Oh yes, they didn’t even make it to Son’s work – he ate them all up!