Rugelach

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Rugelach ( ROO-gəl-əkh; Polish: rogaliki, Yiddish: ראָגאַל, romanized: rogal, or Yiddish: ראָגאַלעך, romanized: rogalekh; Hebrew: רוגלך rōgalaḵ) is a pastry-like dough-based baked sweet food which originated in the Jewish communities of Poland some time during the Early Modern era, with the first published recipes in the early 19th century. It has become a popular food among Jewish people all over the world, including Israel. Traditional rugelach are shaped into a crescent by rolling a triangle of dough around a thin layer of filling. Some sources state that the rugelach and the French croissant share a common Viennese ancestor, crescent-shaped pastries commemorating the lifting of the Turkish siege, possibly a reference to the Battle of Vienna in 1683. This appears to be an urban legend, however, as The rugelach's supposed ancestor, the less-sweet Kipferl, predate the Early Modern era, and The rugelach predates the croissant (which, in its modern form, did not originate earlier than the...

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