Chocolate Rugelach Recipe (Parve)
Rugelach is the most delicious pastry cookie recipe you'll ever make. It's the perfect dessert to break the fast of Yom Kippur. Enjoy a delicious rugelach pastry that's filled with chocolate, nuts, or other goodies. This recipe is parve, meaning it's dairy-free!
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 3 cups (500 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract/paste
For the chocolate filling:
- 5 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 10 tablespoon sugar
- 7 tablespoon vegetable oil
For brushing and sugar syrup:
- 1 beaten egg
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, place all dough ingredients and knead for 4 minutes.
- Grease the bowl and create a ball from the dough.
- Let the dough rise in the greased bowl for 1 and a half hours, covered.
- Meanwhile, in another small bowl, mix all of the chocolate-filling ingredients.
- After letting the pastry dough rest, divide the dough into 2 and roll each part into a circle.
- Spread the filling on one rolled circle and place the second circle on the one with the filling.
- Roll the dough sandwich with the filling to flatten it a bit more.
- With a pizza cutter or a knife, cut to 16 triangles. Roll each triangle from the wide part to the narrow one.
- Place all the rugelach cookies on a baking pan. Let the rugelach rise again for 1 hour.
- Heat the oven to 180°C / 350°F with the fan.
- Brush the rugelach with a beaten egg wash and bake for 20-25 minutes.
- While they bake, cook sugar and water in a small saucepan on high until all sugar is dissolved.
- Wait for it to cool and allow the baked rugalach to cool a bit as well.
- Brush with the sugar syrup and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
- If the dough is too dry and doesn’t come together, add 2-3 tablespoons of water.
- Not a fan of chocolate? Use your favorite rugelach recipe filling instead.