Four Star Rugelach + Cinnamon Twists
- 1 pint cottage cheese
- 2 cups flour, all-purpose
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces butter chilled
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons apricot preserves (jam) strained
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
- 2 1/2 ounces currants dried
- Spoon cheese into a sieve over a bowl and allow it to drain.
- Using a rubber spatula, toss cheese occasionally.
- Remove 1 cup of the drained cheese for the dough.
- Process flour and salt just to combine.
- Scatter all the butter pieces over and process with on/off pulses until butter appears to disappear into the flour mix.
- Scatter the 1 cup cottage cheese over the mix and process with on/off pulses just until comes together into a cohesive ball.
- Divide dough into quarters; shape each into a flat disk.
- Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until firm, at leat 4 hours; or freeze, well wrapper, up to 1 month.
- Line baking sheet wtih foil.
- Combine sugar and cinnamon.
- Remove one dough package at a time from refrigerator.
- Set aside for 10 minutes before rolling on a lightly floured surface, roll into a circle.
- With a small metal spatula, spread only 1 tablespoon jam very thinly over dough.
- Sprinkle with 2 tablespoon cinnamon-sugar, then with 1/4 cup nuts and 2 tablespoon currants.
- With rolling pin, lightly roll to press filling ingredients into the dough.
- Using a sharp knife, cut circle into 16 pie-shaped wedges; roll.
- Place 1 inch point down, on foil-lined sheet.
- Make 36 pastries.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
cottage cheese, flour, salt, butter, sugar, cinnamon, apricot preserves, walnuts, currants dried
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/four-star-rugelach-+-cinnamon-t-47705 (may not work)