rugelach

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Rugelach
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Etymology

From Yiddish ראָגאַל (rogal) with plural suffix ־לעך (-lekh), from Polish rogal (crescent roll).

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Noun

rugelach (plural rugelachs or rugelach)

  1. A type of Jewish pastry, which may be filled with various fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.
    • 2007 April 1, Jane Wollman Rusoff, “Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Condo”, in New York Times:
      Then he ambles to his dressing room, where rugelach and carrot sticks sit on a coffee table for a postshow nosh.
    • 2024 April 27, Itamar Srulovich, “The croissant, but better”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 22:
      Rugelach is thought to have the same origin—this staple of Ashkenazi Jewish baking spread across the world and became popular, especially in the US, but not quite to the extent of its French half-brother.

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