Tuesdays with Dorie DC: Sweet or Savory Cream Cheese-Honey Nut Wafers

September 3, 2019 at 8:07 am | Posted in cookies & bars, DC, groups, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 5 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies

Sweet or Savory Cream Cheese-Honey Nut Wafers are little rounds of flaky, puffy cream cheese pastry topped with either jam or blue cheese, depending on what you’re after, and a walnut and honey mix to cap it all off. I like a cookie that gives me options, even if I predictably go the sweet route. Hahaha. Here I topped my crust rounds with a spoonful of white fig jam (that I bought in the goofy treats aisle of Marshalls, FYI). I thought that these were like tiny pies in cookie form until I read Diane’s post saying they were open-faced rugelach, and that is 100% spot-on!

I made half a recipe of both the dough and the honey nut topping. I haven’t baked off all of my cookies yet, but I can tell I’m going to have topping left over. I probably could have gotten away with just a third of that for my half batch of dough. It won’t go to waste though– I’ll do a couple of baked peaches or plums and sprinkle it over top for an easy dessert. Dorie says these are best the day the are baked, but NYC saw a couple of nice (not humid) days over LDW, and they seemed just fine to me the following day, too. I do still have half of my dough rounds in the freezer to bake for later, so I may try the savory version or switch up the jam on those.

For the recipe, see Dorie’s Cookies by Dorie Greenspan. Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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Diane said she ended up with too much topping too. Must try to remember when I bake these. They look like delicious little pizzas.

Comment by Cakelaw— September 3, 2019 #

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Those look fabulous. Looking forward to these.

Comment by lovielou— September 3, 2019 #

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So funny that we both did fig jam. Thanks for the suggestion with fruit for the leftover nuts. I agree these last more than a day.

Comment by Diane Zwang— September 3, 2019 #

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Good to know re: the toppings. I am struggling with the word “wafer” here because Diane is spot on with her “rugelach” label or Gaye with her mini pizza assessment!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— September 4, 2019 #

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- yeah, it’s a flaky dough and not so much a wafer.
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— September 4, 2019 #
  
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