March 6, 2012

TWD(BWJ): Rugelach

You can see from my picture that something didn't quite work out as planned in the making of my Rugelach, this week's selection for Tuesdays with Dorie/Baking with Julia. You can find the recipe on Margaret and Jessica's blogs, as they are our hosts this week.

In fact, as I pulled them from the oven, I dubbed them rugelUGH.

Only minutes later, having tasted one, I was seriously thinking of stuffing them all in my pockets and driving away, laughing maniacally, so I could EAT THEM ALL.

So taste beat looks with this one. I used the food processor to make the dough, having had great success with that method back when we made Dorie Greenspan's much simpler and just as delicious rugelach. See, for proof that I'm not a total incompetent, I'll post a picture from that experiment:

See? See?

I made a third of the recipe, because I really didn't need 40 of these whoppers. I ended up with an even dozen. For the filling, I was all set to make apricot lekvar. Then I saw the jar of almost-finished pumpkin butter in the fridge. I used that along with some pecans and chopped crystallized ginger. The combination was tasty, but the pumpkin butter oozed all over my sheet pan.

From the moment I started cutting these hulkish lumps apart, I knew they weren't going to win any awards in the looks department. But they made want to abscond with them, and that must count for something, right?

Next time: Irish Soda Bread

Last time: Chocolate Truffle Tart

12 comments:

  1. Tastes is what counts as pumpkin, pecan and ginger are a great combination!

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  2. The taste is worth it, these are great cookies. Hope you will try again.

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  3. Sorry they didn't turn out prettier for you but your flavors sound delicious and that is what counts;-)

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  4. LOL at stuffing them in your pockets! Don't you love when you expect something to be a total fail and taste it only to discover it's the best thing ever? I really liked Dorie's rugelach so I think I'll need to try this version too.

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  5. Your filling sounds good! Mine looked different than yours, but they were oh-so-messy too. Tasty though, and that's what matters!

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  6. Taste is everything! They were good. If I make the again, I would probably go with raspberry and some chocolate!

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  7. Ooh pumpkin butter, that sounds yum! As long as they taste good, right?

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  8. As far as I'm concerned, taste is definitely more important than looks, but it is nice to have both. These did taste good though.

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  9. I think they are ugly on purpose so that the baker gets to keep them all :-)

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  10. LOL - agreed that these weten't pretty, but the taste was out of this world!

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  11. Oh man! Only the baker can truly appreciate those :) Glad you made the best of it and tasted them anyway!

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