Rugelach – Traditional Jewish Croissant Pastries

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recipe by Arousing Appetites http://arousingappetites.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    412

In Yiddish, "rugelach" means something close to "little horns". This rugelach recipe is our version of the croissant pastry, stuffed with chocolate, raisins, and walnuts. It makes for a perfect holiday treat just as much as it does as a fun year-round dessert. To read more about the origins of and variations on this dessert, click the link to our blog post on Arousing Appetites.

Inspired by: https://arousingappetites.com/rugelach-traditional-jewish-croissant-pastries-walnut-chocolate-filling-cream-cheese-dough/

recipe updated Mar 1, 2022

Ingredients

  • Pastry flour icon
    Pastry flour
    120 g
  • Butter icon
    Butter
    115 g
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    115 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Coconut sugar icon
    Coconut sugar
    100 g
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 teaspoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Chocolate chips icon
    Chocolate chips
    130 g
  • Raisins icon
    Raisins
    40 g
  • Coconut sugar icon
    Coconut sugar
    2 tablespoons
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon
  • Walnuts icon
    Walnuts
    60 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Microwave
  • kCook icon Food processor
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Plastic wrap
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Food processor bowl
  • kCook icon Heatproof bowl
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"

Step preview

  1. Add pastry flour, butter, cream cheese, egg, coconut sugar, vanilla extract and salt to a clean food processor bowl
  2. Pulse sparingly until mixture comes together
  3. Transfer dough to floured work surface, roll into a ball and separate into halves
  4. Flatten into rounds and wrap with plastic wrap
  5. Chill in fridge - approx 1 hr
  6. Add chocolate chips to a clean heatproof bowl
  7. Melt in microwave
  8. Add raisins, coconut sugar and ground cinnamon to the filling, stir quickly
  9. Add walnuts, stir and let cool
  10. Pre-heat oven - 190°C
  11. Roll out both halves of pastry on a cool surface, to keep the dough chilled
  12. Cut into a circle
  13. Spread the filling out evenly leaving 1/2" around the edge
  14. Slice
  15. Roll dough into logs
  16. Prepare a clean baking sheet with parchment paper
  17. Transfer pastries to the baking sheet
  18. Bake - approx 15 min, 190°C
  19. Brush with egg
  20. Bake until light golden - approx 5 min, 190°C
  21. Transfer onto cooling rack and let cool
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