You Absolutely Will Not Find a Better Rugelach Recipe Than This One

unsalted butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds a unique flavor and is dairy-free.

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate bars

Dark chocolate has less sugar and can be healthier.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: almonds

💰Cheaper: pecans

Almonds are lower in calories and pecans are often less expensive.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

Place the flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor.

Pulse about 5 times.

Add the butter and cream cheese cut into small pieces.

Pulse about 15 times, until the mixture has a pea-like look.

Transfer on the counter and reassemble the mixture into a dough.

Don’t worry if it’s not homogeneous, it’s better that way.

Form a rectangle with it.

Refrigerate overnight.

In a water bath, melt the chocolate.

Add the sugar, salt, and cinnamon.

When the sugar and salt has dissolved, put it aside for later use.

Take the dough out of the fridge.

Cut into 4 (once in length and once in width).

Roll the first piece out into a rectangle (20cm x 30cm).

Apply a quarter of the filling on your piece of dough, leaving about 2cm on each side without filling.

Roll it tight into a cylinder.

Do the same with the 3 other pieces.

Apply milk on the rolls.

Sprinkle cinnamon sugar all over them.

Put in a fridge for 30 minutes.

Make half cuts every 2.5cm.

Bake for 40-45 minutes at 350F.

Turn the baking sheet after the first 20 minutes.

Take out of the oven and let it cool down for 30 minutes.

Finish cutting the cookies.

Cooking Techniques

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