Rugelach Recipe

Name: Rugelach Recipe
Prep time: 4 h 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 4 h 45 min
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; ¼ tsp. fine sea salt; ¼ tsp. cinnamon; Zest of half an orange; 4 oz. cold, unsalted butter, cut into cubes; 4 oz. cold cream cheese, cut into cubes; ½ cup jam or fruit butter; ¼ cup dried fruit, chopped if the piece are large, or mini chocolate chips; ¼ cup nuts, such as walnuts, almonds or pecans, or pepitas, finely chopped; 2 Tbsp. cinnamon sugar*, divided; 1 egg beaten with 1 tsp. water

Instructions

Prep:4h 20minCook:25min

Read the directions carefully before you get started! There's required chill times and the unshaped dough can stay in the fridge up to 2 days before baking. I've also included instructions for the two ways these are shaped and they require different baking times.

Updated at: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 02:10:10 GMT