rugelach
noun
rug·e·lach
| \ ˈrü-gə-ləḵ
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variants:
or less commonly rugalach
plural rugelach
Definition of 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
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Even within that mind-set, their cases burst with more than 60 desserts at a time: red velvet cake, key lime pie, salted caramel fudge cake, peanut butter cookies, rugelach, cupcakes, mini cupcakes — and carrot cake, always. — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, "Carrot cake keeps bakery Sweet Things going for more than 40 years," 30 July 2019 The chain is also known for its bakery case, with fresh-baked cakes, cookies and pastries such as chocolate rugelach. — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, "TooJay’s Deli opens July 9 at Dania Pointe; tacos and barbecue next," 21 June 2019 That was the best place to get fresh bread and rugelach and sweets. — New York Times, "New Yorkers and Their ’80s Routines — Block by Block," 17 Apr. 2018 Come in for whitefish on a bialy, leave with a pound of rugelach, a briny carton of half-sour pickles, and some black and whites for good measure. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit, "The 13 Most Iconic New York City Bars and Restaurants," 13 Dec. 2017 The Cinnamon-Sugar Pastry Dough is perfect for rugelach and other sweets. — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, "Easiest Ever Pastry Dough," 30 Oct. 2017 The humans gathered for coffee and chocolate rugelach at the check-in table near the 67th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance of Central Park. — Alix Strauss, New York Times, "In Central Park, Teaching Dogs to Sit (in Yiddish)," 20 Sep. 2017 The rugelach ice cream is available for $10 a pint at the Upper East Side locations of both Quality Eats and Orwashers. — Charles Passy, WSJ, "Quality Eats Opens Upper East Side Location; Try the Rugelach Ice Cream," 17 July 2017 There’s Moishe’s Kosher Bakery with its windows full of hamantaschen and rugelach. — Jeremiah Moss, Longreads, "Mourning the Low-Rent, Weirdo-Filled East Village of Old," 24 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rugelach.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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