Rugelach
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2-1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup finely chopped PLANTERS Walnuts
- 1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar, divided
- 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon, divided
- 1/4 cup raspberry preserves
- Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with mixer until blended.
- Gradually add flour, mixing well after each addition.
- (Dough will be very soft and sticky.)
- Divide dough into 4 portions; place each portion on sheet of plastic wrap.
- Use floured hands to pat each portion into 1-inch-thick round.
- Wrap individually in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Heat oven to 325F.
- Cover baking sheets with foil or parchment.
- Combine nuts, 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tsp.
- cinnamon.
- Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon.
- Roll one portion of dough into 11-inch circle on lightly floured surface; spread with 1 Tbsp.
- preserves, then sprinkle with 1/4 of the nut mixture.
- Cut into 16 wedges; roll up, starting at short side of each.
- Place, point sides down, on prepared baking sheets; shape into crescents.
- Sprinkle evenly with 1 tsp.
- cinnamon-sugar.
- Repeat with remaining dough, preserves, nut mixture and cinnamon-sugar.
- Bake 25 min.
- or until lightly browned.
- Immediately remove from baking sheets to wire racks; cool completely.
philadelphia cream cheese, butter, flour, walnuts, sugar, ground cinnamon, raspberry preserves
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/-8447.aspx (may not work)