- Rugelach
Rugelach (Hebrew: רוגלך). (Other spellings: Rugulach, Rugalach, Rogelach, Rugalah, Rugala.) A
Jewish pastry ofAshkenazic origin. The name is aYiddish diminutive form of the Hebrew, רוגלית (roglìt), meaning "creeping vine," perhaps because of the rolled-up shape of thecookie .It can be made with a
cream cheese dough, though the dough is more typicallypareve (no dairy ingredients), so that it can be eaten with or after a meat meal and still bekosher . The different fillings can includeraisins ,walnut s,cinnamon ,chocolate ,marzipan , poppy seed, or apricot preserves which are rolled up inside.ee also
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Jewish foods
* [http://www.ou.org/shabbat/recipes/5764/vayigash64.htm Rugalach Recipes]
* [http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcookies.html#rugelach "Rugelach--Elsie Waldman's Recipe"] from "The Jewish Cookbook" byMildred Grosberg Bellin
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