Recipe courtesy of Gale Gand
Rugalach
- Total: 5 hr 20 min
- Prep: 5 hr
- Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 cube cake yeast
1 cup heavy cream
3 egg yolks
Filling, recipe follows
Filling:
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup raisins
Directions
- Dough: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Mix butter with dry ingredients until sandy. Crumble yeast into cream and stir in the yolks. Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients to make a dough and chill it for 3 to 4 hours or more. Roll out 1/3 of the pastry thin, into a circle.
- Filling: Combine sugar, cinnamon and nuts and sprinkle onto the dough. Dot with golden raisins.
- Cut into triangles and roll up starting at the wide end and place on a greased cookie sheet, point side down. Repeat with remaining dough. Let rise 30 minutes at room temperature. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown.
