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rugelach

ru·ge·lach

UK/ˈruːɡələx/ uncommon

noun

1.

pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)

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Origin

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

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