How to Use rugelach in a Sentence

rugelach

noun
  • That was the best place to get fresh bread and rugelach and sweets.
    New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
  • After the rugelach are rolled, they can be frozen on a baking sheet.
    Olga Massov, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The rugelach is rich and bittersweet and gets chocolate all over my hands.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Here is a recipe for Chocolate rugelach, a pastry found in Jewish delis.
    Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2020
  • There’s Moishe’s Kosher Bakery with its windows full of hamantaschen and rugelach.
    Jeremiah Moss, Longreads, 24 July 2017
  • Step 4 Make the rugelach: Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
    Olga Massov, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
  • 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, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The assortment of sweets includes rugelach and cookies.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Stuff your pockets with Soom tahini and chocolate rugelach.
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 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, 21 June 2019
  • Rosen’s deli has become known for its Reuben, rugelach, matzo ball soup and more Jewish deli staples.
    Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The Jewish Student Union was serving rugelach at a school club night, and a passerby took a bite of the dish, before spitting it back out onto the table.
    Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
  • There are pumpkin and sweet potato pies, rugelach and babka, bûche de Noël and figgy pudding, and cookies left for Santa.
    Casey Barber, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The Cinnamon-Sugar Pastry Dough is perfect for rugelach and other sweets.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Oct. 2017
  • The menu has since expanded to include Liège waffles, feta and olive rugelach, chocolate croissants, cookies and more.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Traditional rugelach is made with raisins and apricot jam, so this variation from Apt.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Wake and Late, which serves burritos and coffee from a blue walk-up window downtown, is now Sundays the Bakery, teasing what’s to come with a new line of chocolate rugelach.
    Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • This Harry & David assortment is filled with classic treats (like rugelach and chocolate coins), all tucked in a Star of David receptacle.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The main departure is the start of its own in-house baking program, which will manufacture pastries and desserts like rugelach, black-and-white cookies, cheesecake and many more items.
    Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Celebrate a joyous Hanukkah with friends and family near and far with this dreidel gift box packed with blue and silver chocolate stars, blondies and brownies, two types of rugelach and chocolate coins.
    Tanya Edwards, CNN Underscored, 16 Nov. 2020
  • For other sweet possibilities, cranberry sauce can go inside thumbprint cookies, rugelach or even a riff on sticky buns.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Guests dined on borscht, cabbage leaves stuffed with Georgian walnut sauce, chicken with citrus and olives, a cauliflower-leek kugel and orange marmalade-chocolate rugelach.
    Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2017
  • The daytime menu used to offer a basket of some of Ms. Weller’s finest work, including a slice of chocolate babka, some unusually tender rugelach and one of the best oatmeal cookies in existence.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2016
  • 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, 30 July 2019
  • Each element, once uncovered, seemed like a treasure: buttery linzer cookies with jam, flaky rugelach, biscotti, sesame date chews.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Not included in the package, but available for add-ons are dessert options such as coconut macaroons, rainbow cookies, honey cake, seven-layer cake, jelly roll, rugelach and sponge cake.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Usually there will be bagels and lox, tuna salad, egg salad or hard-cooked or deviled eggs, noodle kugel, some sort of vegetable like cole slaw or cucumber salad, fruit, and then small pastries like rugelach or mandel bread or the like for dessert.
    Stacey Ballis, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Some family favorites were pecan pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate cake, coconut layer cake and rugelach, according to Ms. Emmerling.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Other notable Hanukkah dishes include sufganiyot, a traditional dessert similar to fried jelly donuts, and rugelach, another staple Jewish confection.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022

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