Maple Nut Rugelach
By: Anonymous
Published: Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 1:44am

Ingredients




4 ounces Cream cheese, softened
 cup Unsalted butter, at room -
Temperature
1/4 cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Egg yolk
1 1/2 cups Flour
1 cup Ground walnuts
 cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Maple syrup
1/8 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 Egg white
1 teaspoon Water
1 teaspoon Sugar

Preparation

1 Prepare dough: beat together cream cheese, butter, sugar, maple syrup, salt and egg yolk, in a large bowl, until smooth. Beat in flour just until blended. Shape dough into balls. Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours. 2 Prepare filling: Stir together walnuts, 1/3 cup sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon, in a medium bowl. Preheat oven to 350 deg f. Grease two baking sheets. Roll out half the dough to 1/8" thickness. Cut dough into 10" dia. 3 Circle. Spread the dough with half the walnut mixture. Cut dough into 16 wedges. Starting with the wide edge, roll dough pieces jelly roll style. 4 Place cookies point down on greased sheets. Repeat with remaining dough. 5 Lightly beat egg white with water. Brush over cookies. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from baking sheets to cool. 6 Makes 32