rugelach

noun

rug·e·lach ˈrü-gə-ləḵ

variants or less commonly rugalach

plural rugelach

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

Examples of rugelach in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The rugelach from Just Like Nana’s is a traditional recipe that uses healthier ingredients. —

Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022 As for food, prices will range from $2 for chocolate rugelach to $22 for the Aug. 31 special of glazed beef ribs. —

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2020 For other sweet possibilities, cranberry sauce can go inside thumbprint cookies, rugelach or even a riff on sticky buns. —

Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020 The crowd loved the spread: a D-Luxe Smoked Fish Platter for 12, with 8 oz shmears, smoked salmon, smoked trout salad, bubbe-worthy fixins, a chocolate babka loaf and a dozen assorted rugelach. —

David Hochman, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021 The menu features the Israeli falafel and shwarma, pastrami and turkey sandwiches, matzah ball soup, stuffed cabbage rolls, knish and kugel, with a dessert menu of sweet pastries with European origins, such as babka, turnovers and a chocolate rugelach. —

Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2021 Wake and Late, which serves burritos and coffee from a blue walk-up window downtown, is now Sundays the Bakery, teasing what’s to come with a new line of chocolate rugelach. —

Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023 The Jewish Student Union was serving rugelach at a school club night, and a passerby took a bite of the dish, before spitting it back out onto the table. —

Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022 There are pumpkin and sweet potato pies, rugelach and babka, bûche de Noël and figgy pudding, and cookies left for Santa. —

Casey Barber, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022 See More

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