Pumpkin rugelach (3 pieces or 25% of the whole)

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 261.0
  • Total Fat: 16.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 15.1 mg
  • Sodium: 247.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.3 g
  • Protein: 2.1 g

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Introduction

My mother used leftover pie dough to make "piggies". These were any combination of ingredients rolled into a spiral and sliced.
I like the very flaky texture of Trader Joe's frozen pie crust with the pumpkin. Comes closer to the airy flaky dough of the real rugelach dough.
My mother used leftover pie dough to make "piggies". These were any combination of ingredients rolled into a spiral and sliced.
I like the very flaky texture of Trader Joe's frozen pie crust with the pumpkin. Comes closer to the airy flaky dough of the real rugelach dough.

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    Ingredients:
    Pie crust, frozen, ready-to-bake, 1 crust, single 9"
    Pumpkin, canned, without salt, 1 cup
    Brown Sugar, 6 tsp packed
    Butter, salted, 2 tbsp
    Cinnamon, ground, .5 tsp
    Pumpkin Pie spice, .5 tsp
    Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp

Directions

Thaw pie crust if necessary

In a saucepan on medium heat, combine
pumpkin,
2 tablespoons butter,
2 tablespoons brown sugar,
½ tsp pumpkin pie spice, and
½ teaspoon cinnamon, and stir occasionally until mixture begins to bubble.

Reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes, until mixture thickens and any water has evaporated.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Let it cool completely.
Preheat oven to 375
Lay out pie crust on flat surface. Try to make it a rectangular shape and flatten it to a thinner thickness than pie crust.
Spread on the pumpkin mixture.
Beginning at one end of the rectangle, roll it into a spiral. If neceesary, seal the other end with a bit of water.

Slice into 12 pieces.

Bake until golden brown.

Serving Size: Makes 4 servings, Each serving is 3 pieces.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HAWKTHREE.

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    Great - 6/12/20