Tuesday, December 9, 2014

TWD/BCM: The Rugelach That Won Over France


Can you imagine whipping up a batch of rugelach
just to use up a few ingredients before a trip?
According to Baking Chez Moi, that is exactly what Dorie did.
When her husband shared them with the French flight crew,
she was treated like royalty.
I can understand why.
Hail Queen Dorie!

The last time we made rugelach, it was a HUGE ordeal. Took a kitchen-full of ingredients and at least 3 days if I remember correctly. 


Didn't get near the freezer. Half an hour
or so in the fridge worked great.


Wasn't sure I wanted to take that on again, but kept thinking of Dorie throwing this together on her way out of town. If she could do it, I could. 

And I did. It was SO much simpler than the last time!





The quick processor dough rolled out beautifully and turned into something magical in the oven. 







Tastes like it came from a bakery. You'd never guess it was easy. The hardest part was keeping myself from eating the entire batch. 








Thank goodness I had a church meeting. Great group of women who get together every year and make chrismons to give to the children on Christmas Eve. 




This year we've made something totally adorable. A surprise that can't be revealed just yet. I will say that we made 174 of them. Those ladies deserved a snack.




The links for the other Tuesdays With Dorie bakers are here.

And now, a shoe. Seen once upon a time in the church courtyard:


11 comments:

  1. Love your rugelach, they look so professional. Did you cut them about 1inch or more?

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    1. Probably about an inch. Half-inch seemed like a waste of filling, since it was clear that I was going to lose some with every slice. And I REALLY didn't want to waste any of that cherry-chocolate-coconut-pecan delightfulness. I even ate the burned stuff off the pan. I know, I'm bad.

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  2. They look beautiful...so uniform in shape! I had the same problem: trying not to eat the whole batch. But I don't have a bunch of people to help me! So I'm forced to pace myself. Thankfully I only made half a batch :-)

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  3. Love your photos, such fun to see the whole process and the other photos as well. Your cookies turned out so nicely...such uniformity!

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  4. Wow! Your rugelach are cut perfectly! They look delicious!

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  5. They not only taste as though they came from a bakery, but yours look that way as well. Beautiful!

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  6. Yours are beautiful! I had a hard time slicing them up without breaking into pieces!
    I had a similar shoe like that once! :)

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  7. These really do look like they came from a bakery. Your fellow churchgoers are very lucky you shared them;)

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  8. I should have sliced mine thicker - they toppled and baked as flat rounds. Fortunately there was no wasted filling there!

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  9. I was thinking the same thing about Dorie cooking these up right before a trip haha!

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