Cinnamon-Walnut Apple Roll-Ups (Elmali Kurabiye)
Hello 2012! Hello AZ Cookbook readers! I hope you had a great time during the holidays and ready for another hopefully wonderful for everyone year ahead. I can’t wait to share new recipes with you. I will begin this year’s blogging on a sweet note - with these melt-in-yout-mouth tender roll-ups stuffed with apples. Delicioso! I baked them for the New Year’s eve and everybody loved them. They are so good you just have to make them. And share them with your loved ones. They will love them and love you more and will ask you for the recipe. Enjoy!
Cinnamon-Walnut Apple Roll-Ups (Elmali Kurabiye)
Adapted from “Bereketli Olsun” by Gonul Candas
Note: These little roll-ups are rather popular in Turkey and there are numerous recipes out there to make them. This recipe works for me. I have adapted the original slightly and added detailed directions for your convenience.
For the Filling:
3 apples (I use Granny Smith)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
A handful (about 3/4 cup) of finely chopped walnuts (leave them somewhat crunchy, do not chop too finely)
For the Dough:
2+3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
8.8 oz (250 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature (soft)
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 tablespoon fine lemon zest
For the Top:
Powdered sugar
Directions:
Prepare the filling: Peel the apples and grate on a coarse side of a box grater. Place in a frying pan or a wide saucepan. Add sugar and stir to mix. Cook over low to medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the released juices have evaporated, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Let the filling cool to room temperature then add walnuts and cinnamon and stir to mix. Set aside while you prepare the dough.
Prepare the dough: In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, powdered sugar and baking powder. Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir to mix and knead until the dough comes together. It will be soft to touch and not tight.
Have 2 ungreased baking sheets ready.
Preheat the oven to 380F (190C).
Divide the dough into 4 parts and shape each into a ball. Using a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 9-inch (22 cm) circle. Using a shap knife, cut each circle into 8 wedges. Place a heaped teaspoon of the filling on a wide side of each wedge and roll the wedge up.
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Happy New Year!
Photo courtesy: My friend Rovshana Samadova. Taken in Washington D.C. Rovshana didn’t know it would end up on my blog, but as an avid hunter for anything pomegranate I spotted it in her photo archives and bugged her - she was kind to let me use it. Love the pomegranates! Thank you, Rovshana!
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Another year is almost gone, so unbelievably fast - at least, this is how I felt. And another year is just around the corner. And I hope it will be a great one for every one of you!
I would like to thank all of your for making each year for me extra special - for it is your support and friendship what really fuels my enthusiasm for blogging. I look forward for fresh fuel in the near year as well:)
May the New Year bring joy to your hearts, happiness to your homes, success to all your beginnings. May there never be hunger in the world and may there be peace on earth!
On December 31 Azerbaijanis around the world celebrate another great holiday - Solidarity of World Azerbaijanis. Happy Solidarity, friends!
See you in 2012 - with more recipes, stories and pictures.
Love to all.
Feride
