Rugelach Israel

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 egg yolk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup melted butter

Recipe

• 1 cut butter into flour as if making pie crust.
• 2 in a separate bowl, beat egg yolk and sour cream well, than add to flour mixture. mix until blended.
• 3 divide dough into 3 parts.
• 4 cover with plastic and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
• 5 prepare filling by combining sugar, cinnamon, and walnuts.
• 6 preheat oven to 375.
• 7 working with one portion at a time, roll dough into a circle 1/8 inches thick.
• 8 brush each circle lightly with melted butter and spread 1/3 of the filling on each.
• 9 cut each circle into 16 wedges, like a pizza.
• 10 starting from the large end of each wedge, roll up toward the point, jelly roll fashion.
• 11 place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet with the tip underneath so they don't unroll and bake 15 minute or until lightly browned.