Mimi's Frozen Dough Rugelach

These were my grandmother's rugelach. Feel free to get creative with alternative fillings (chocolate chips, raspberry preserves, etc. etc.).

• Ready In: 3 hrs 50 mins
• Yields: 1 batch

Ingredients

• For Cookie Dough

• 1  lb butter
• 1  lb cream cheese
• 3 1⁄2 cups flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
•  grated  orange rind (optional)

• For Filling

• 1⁄2 cup ground walnuts
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
•  apricot preserves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Make cookie dough:
3. Cream butter and cream cheese. Add vanilla and rind, if using.
4. Mix dry ingredients (separately) and then add to creamed butter mixture.
5. Mix well - use hands to work all of the dry ingredients into the wet until your hands are fairly dry.
6. Divide dough into four pieces. Wrap and refrigerate until hard (3 hours or overnight).
7. Roll out dough very thin. Cut into triangles about three (3) inches wide.
8. Fill, Assemble and Bake Cookies:
9. Combine nuts, sugar, and cinnamon.
10. Smear a bit of preserves (can also use prune lekva or another thick jam) onto the cut dough. Add a bit of filling and roll triangles from the wide base towards the point.
11. Place cookie on cookie sheet with the point on the bottom.
12. Bake about 20 minutes until done.