Rugelach With Fruit Jam Recipe

Combine the butter & cream cheese & beat until well mixed.

Add the flour & salt & mix until completely blended.

The dough will be easier to handle if you wrap & chill it for about an hour.

Stir together 1/2 C.

sugar & the cinnamon.

Add the raisins & walnuts & toss to coat all the pieces.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees & get out some cookie sheets.

Divide the dough into 6 equal parts.

Keep chilled any dough you are not working on.

Roll 1 of the pieces into an 8" circle.

Spread with 2 Tbsp.

jam & sprinkle with 2 Tbsp.

of the sugar-raisin-nut mixture.

Cut into 8 pie- shaped wedges.

Beginning at the wide end, roll toward the point, & form a crescent shape.

Roll out & form the remaining dough in the same way.

Place the cookies, point side down, about 1" apart on the ungreased cookie sheets.

Mix together the egg yolk & water & brush over the top of each cookie.

Sprinkle each cookie with a little of the remaining 1/4 C.

sugar.

Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden.

Remove from oven & transfer to racks to cool.

cookies.