chocolate walnut and brown sugar rugelach
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Ingredients
- ½ cup full fat cream cheese
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
- ¼ cup sugar, plus more to finish with
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¾ tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp orange zest
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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1 ¾ cup ap flour
- 1 egg plus 1 tablespoon water mixed for egg wash
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½ cup brown sugar
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⅓ cup walnuts
- Pinch of kosher salt
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1 cup Nutella (you can also just use whatever melted chocolate you would like here!)
Filling
Directions
Start with making the filling. In a blender place the walnuts, sugar and salt. Blitz a couple times until it becomes a small crumb then keep to the side
In a mixer, add the cream cheese, room temp butter, and the ¼ cup of sugar. Mix using a paddle attachment until just combined. Add in the orange and lemon zest, vanilla extract, vanilla, and salt, and mix a couple of times. Then, add in the flour and salt and mix until JUST combined.
- Once it all comes together place in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut the dough into 4 pieces and then roll out a piece into a circle shape while you keep the others in the fridge. Roll the dough until 1/8 inch thick and schmear a nice amount of Nutella into the dough. Sprinkle over a ¼ the amount of the crushed walnuts.
- Slice the dough into quarter pieces and then slice the pieces into thirds. Roll up starting from the base of the triangle. Place on a parchment lined baking tray. Place in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
- Right before baking, brush with egg wash and sprinkle over more sugar. Place into the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, let cool and serve.