This Guava and Cheese Rugelach cookie Recipe is so simple and so delicious! Delight your guests with these morsels with coffee or tea. Yummy!
Guava And Cheese Rugelach Cookies
Sometimes it takes 2 tries to get the perfect cookie. My first attempt at making Rugelach was a total fail, thankfully I learned from my mistakes and perfected the technique so you can enjoy these delicious Guava and Cheese Rugelach Cookies Recipe.
If you never tried a Rugelach before, it’s a cookie usually filled with jam or chocolate. The texture is crumbly, sort of like a shortbread and they are great as little desserts, with coffee, or even as little morning pick me up.
As you can see, I have a very strong Jewish and Latin influence and they both come together in this Guava and Cheese Rugelach Cookies Recipe. I’ve tried other fusions that didn’t work out at all.
For instance, last year I attempted to make “Matzo Ball Sancocho” Needless to say – YUCK!
Making these cookies is very easy. I’ve included step-by-step pictures so you can know exactly how to make them and roll them. Your kids can even help you do it. Mine had a lot of fun filling and rolling them.
The combination of flavors works. The sweetness of the Guava combined with the tartness and creaminess of the cream cheese wrapped in a crumbly shell. Doesn’t that sound fantastic?
The beauty of this cookie is that the dough can be made in advance or even frozen for up to 6 months so you can double the batch and freeze for later use. Whenever the company comes over, you can offer freshly baked pastries that will seem like you spend all day in the kitchen. I won’t tell 😉
See how beautiful the filling looks? You can SEE the Guava and the cream and taste both of them together. Now let’s get to the nitty gritty on how to cook the Guava and Cheese Rugelach cookie recipe. The full instructions with the measurements will be posted at the bottom.
- DUMP all the ingredients in a bowl and mix using the paddle attachment of your mixer.
- Divide the dough into 3 equal parts, shape each part into a disc, wrap with plastic wrapping paper, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- DO NOT skip the refrigerated step it will make a huge difference when rolling.
- Take the dough out of the fridge (work with one disc at a time) and with a rolling pin shape into a large circle.
- With the help of a knife cut in 12 slices (it will look like a pizza).
- Cut little pieces of guava and little pieces of cream cheese.
- Add the filling to each slice
- Roll them starting from the wide end into the narrow part.
- Bake and enjoy!
Don’t worry if they don’t look exactly alike, that’s the beauty of using your hands and homemade baking. As I mentioned before, you can tell your kids to help you from step 1 to step 4. They will love it!
Guava & Cheese Rugelach Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
Ingredients for Cookie Dough
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter at room temperature
- 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Plain Greek Yogurt or Sour Cream
- 1 egg
- 1/2 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract or Pinch of Vanilla Powder
Ingredients for the filling
- 5 oz Guava Paste cut into little pieces
- 1/4 Cup Cream Cheese cut into little pieces
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 300 Degrees F
- Dump all cookie dough ingredients into a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until a dough forms.
- Divide the dough into 3 equal parts and shape into discs. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- After time has elapsed, remove the dough out of the fridge working with one disc at a time.
- On a floured surface, place the dough into the center, and with the help of a rolling pin, shape the dough into a circle making sure the thickness is as evenly as possible.
- With a small paring knife, cut the dough into 12 slices (just like a pizza)
- Add a small slice of Guava Pasta and cream cheese on the thicker side of each dough slice. Roll starting with the filling side until you get to the other end
- Place the cookies on a baking sheet fitted with parchment paper
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until browned
- Remove from oven and let it cool on the cookie sheet or a baking rack
- ENJOY!
Notes
- Dough can be made 2-3 in advance and placed in the fridge. To make it a little softer, leave it at room temperature for at least 30 minutes
- This cookie can be made with any other filling like chocolate spread and jam.
- Cookies should be stored in an airtight container and kept at room temperature up to a week.
Nutrition
Hope you can try this at home!
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I have never heard of these types of cookies before but they are adorable and they look so delicious!
Thanks Jenn! mind the name, they are just rolled cookies!
These sounds very exotic and would be a new taste sensation for me. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome Christina, hope you can try them at home!
these look delicious
theses look so yummy. i need them right away 🙂
OMG, I love anything with guava and cheese! These look amazing, thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much Carmen!