rugelach

noun rug·e·lach \ ˈrü-gə-ləḵ \

variants: or less commonly rugalach

Updated on: 7 May 2018

Definition of rugelach

plural rugelach

: a pastry made with cream-cheese dough that is rolled around a filling (such as nuts, jam, or chocolate) and baked

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That was the best place to get fresh bread and rugelach and sweets.

— New York Times, "New Yorkers and Their ’80s Routines — Block by Block," 17 Apr. 2018
Come in for whitefish on a bialy, leave with a pound of rugelach, a briny carton of half-sour pickles, and some black and whites for good measure.

— the bon appétit staff, Bon Appetit, "The 13 Most Iconic New York City Bars and Restaurants," 13 Dec. 2017
The Cinnamon-Sugar Pastry Dough is perfect for rugelach and other sweets.

— the good housekeeping test kitchen, Good Housekeeping, "Easiest Ever Pastry Dough," 30 Oct. 2017
The humans gathered for coffee and chocolate rugelach at the check-in table near the 67th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance of Central Park.

— alix strauss, New York Times, "In Central Park, Teaching Dogs to Sit (in Yiddish)," 20 Sep. 2017
The rugelach ice cream is available for $10 a pint at the Upper East Side locations of both Quality Eats and Orwashers.

— charles passy, WSJ, "Quality Eats Opens Upper East Side Location; Try the Rugelach Ice Cream," 17 July 2017
There’s Moishe’s Kosher Bakery with its windows full of hamantaschen and rugelach.

— jeremiah moss, Longreads, "Mourning the Low-Rent, Weirdo-Filled East Village of Old," 24 July 2017
Guests dined on borscht, cabbage leaves stuffed with Georgian walnut sauce, chicken with citrus and olives, a cauliflower-leek kugel and orange marmalade-chocolate rugelach.

— jackie burrell, The Mercury News, "Film-to-table dinners in Berkeley," 27 Mar. 2017
The daytime menu used to offer a basket of some of Ms. Weller’s finest work, including a slice of chocolate babka, some unusually tender rugelach and one of the best oatmeal cookies in existence.

— pete wells, New York Times, "What a Difference Daytime Makes at Sadelle’s in SoHo," 5 Jan. 2016

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Origin and Etymology of rugelach

Yiddish rugelekh, rogelekh, plural of rugele, rogele, diminutive of rog corner, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish róg horn, corner

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