These Russian Tea Biscuits are Even Better Than Rugelach.

[elleng]

Meet the supersized pastries that Clevelanders are obsessed with.

Russian tea biscuits are a favorite everyday treat from Cleveland, OH. Locals eat them for breakfast, for an afternoon nosh, at home and out at their favorite bakeries. If you aren’t from Cleveland, a quick glance at a Russian tea biscuit will make you think they’re rugelach. But don’t be fooled. At four to five times the size of rugelach, Russian tea biscuits are made with a different dough that makes them more like a pastry than a cookie.

This recipe is based on careful research of baking techniques and, of course, taste tests. . .

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/these-russian-tea-biscuits-are-even-better-than-rugelach/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I want one, but carbs don't like me.

[ggma]

2. I've tried to go here

several times but the site wants me to sign up, and that locks the page. Is this an exclusive site?

gg

[elleng]

3. I don't think so; haven't signed up.

[ggma]

4. Well, now I feel like a crazy person...

It just let me in with no problems. You know how something works as soon as you ask someone to help you with it? Yeah.

Thanks, elleng! I have a new playground.

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[Warpy]

7. Don't feel bad, sometimes that (x) to close the nag screen

is damnably hard to find. I've had to give up on a lot of sites posted here because sometimes it's impossible to find on a screen set for those of us with eye problems.

And don't get me started on those 20 something hosers who think black print on a red background is sexy.

[ggma]

8. Thank you!

Oh Kindred Spirit!

gg

[usonian]

5. It would be nice to know the sizes.

I grew up in an Italian neighborhood, and "Danish Pastries", probably a terrible misnomer? were popular. I vaguely remember then being about 4 inches long, and very much like the two.

But it was a long time ago.

[spinbaby]

6. It's amazing how local some of these things are

I live in Pittsburgh, which is not that far away, and have never heard of Russian Tea biscuits. Northeastern Ohio is also home to sauerkraut balls, which are completely unknown outside of the region. In southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia we have pepperoni rolls, which seem to be unknown outside of this area.