Title: Maple nut rugelach
 Categories: Cookies, Desserts
      Yield: 32 Servings
 
MMMMM---------------------------DOUGH--------------------------------
      4 oz Cream cheese, softened
    1/3 c  Unsalted butter, at room -
           Temperature
    1/4 c  Sugar
      2 tb Maple syrup
    1/4 ts Salt
      1    Egg yolk
  1 1/2 c  Flour

MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
      1 c  Ground walnuts
    1/3 c  Sugar
      2 tb Maple syrup
    1/8 ts Cinnamon
      1    Egg white
      1 ts Water
      1 ts Sugar
 
  Prepare dough: beat together cream cheese, butter, sugar, maple
  syrup, salt and egg yolk, in a large bowl, until smooth. Beat in
  flour just until blended. Shape dough into balls. Refrigerate until
  firm, about 2 hours. Prepare filling: Stir together walnuts, 1/3 cup
  sugar, maple syrup, and cinnamon, in a medium bowl. Preheat oven to
  350 deg f. Grease two baking sheets. Roll out half the dough to 1/8"
  thickness. Cut dough into 10" dia. circle. Spread the dough with half
  the walnut mixture. Cut dough into 16 wedges. Starting with the wide
  edge, roll dough pieces jelly roll style. Place cookies point down on
  greased sheets. Repeat with remaining dough. Lightly beat egg white
  with water. Brush over cookies. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20
  minutes. Remove from baking sheets to cool. Makes 32 cookies. Each
  cookie = 98 calories, 2 g protein, 6 g fat, 11 g carbo, 49 mg sodium,
  16 mg chol. Each cookie = 55 % calories from fat.