Basic Cookie Dough - Apple Pie Spice Rugelach

By AnnaMaria507

Serving = 1 cookie
Calories: 125
Total fat: 5 g (3 g sat)
Carb: 18 g
Protein: 1 g
Cholesterol: 15 mg
Sodium: 65 mg

Ingredients

• Basic Cookie Dough
• 1/3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup dried currants
• 2/3 cup walnuts or pecans, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1-1/2 tsp apple pie spice
• 3 tbsp granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp apple butter

Preparation

Step 1

1. Prepare Basic Cookie Dough, stirring additional 1/3 cup flour into dry ingredients in step 1. Divid dough into 4 pieces. Flatten each piece into a disk; wrap each disk with plastic wrap. Refrigerate dough 4 hours or overnight, until firm enough to roll.
2. Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix currants, walnuts, borwn sugar and 1 tsp apple pie spice. In cup mix granulated sugar with remaining 1/2 tsp apple pie spice.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Between 2 piecies of waxed paper, roll 1 disk of dough into 9" round. Remove top sheet of waxed paper. Spread dough with 1 heaping measuring tbsp apple butter; sprinkle with 1/2 cup fruit mixture, leaving 1/4" border around edge.
4. With pizza wheel or sharp knife, cut round into 12 wedges. Starting at curved edge, roll up each wedge jell-roll fashion. Place cookies, point side down, 1" apart on ungreased large cookie sheet; shape into crescents. rush tops lightly with water and sprinkle with some spiced sugar. Bake cookies 15 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool. Repeat wtih remaining dough, fruit mixture and spiced sugar.
5. Store cookies in tightly sealed container, putting waxed paper between layers, at room temperature up to 2 weeks or in freezer up to 3 months.