Spinach-Walnut Rugelach

Spinach-Walnut Rugelach
Spinach-Walnut Rugelach
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Convenient crescent dough with a savory filling of spinach and walnuts .

  • Servings: 64 Rugelachs
  • Prep Time: 40m
  • Cook Time: 20m
Ingredients

For dough:

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)

1/2 teaspoon salt

For filling:

1 (10 oz) box chopped spinach, thawed

1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

2/3 cup crumbled feta or goat cheese

1/2 cup finely chopped red onion

1-1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon dried mint

6 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan

Directions

Make dough: In a food processor blend butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add flour and salt and pulse just until mixture forms a ball. Form dough into a log. Chill dough, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day.


Make filling: Squeeze thawed spinach until very dry. Crumble into a bowl and add walnuts, goat cheese, onion, olive oil, and mint. Toss until well combined.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


Cut dough crosswise into 8 equal pieces and work with 1 piece at a time, keeping remaining pieces covered and chilled. On a work surface sprinkled with Parmesan cheese, roll out piece of dough into an 8-inch round. Cut round into 8 wedges, keeping round intact.


Sprinkle 1/3 cup filling in a ring around outer portion of round, leaving a 1-inch border around edge, and press filling gently into dough. Working with 1 wedge at a time, fold outer edge of pastry over filling and roll up filling in pastry, jelly-roll fashion, folding sides under pastry to enclose filling. Transfer rugelach, as formed, pointed ends down, to ungreased baking sheets. Make more rugelach in same manner.


Bake rugelach in batches in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden, 15 to 20 minutes total. Transfer rugelach to racks to cool completely. Rugelach keep in an airtight container at room temperature 3 days.

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