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Vegan Rugelach

Easy Vegan Rugelach RecipeI want to show you how to make an easy Vegan Rugelach recipe with no cream cheese in 30 mins using puff pastry that’s rolled into a crescent shape around a filling instead of making a cream cheese dough by hand (which takes so much longer)!

I wanted to show you a way to make an easy & accessible recipe for vegan rugelach that anyone can make at home with ease.

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Rugelach RecipeEasy Vegan Rugelach

What is Rugelach? Rugelach are crescent-like shaped desserts filled with different types of fillings based on traditions. Common fillings are chocolate, fruit jams, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and many more. No matter the combination you might make from ingredients you have at home, this vegan rugelach recipe helps make it easy to make.

This version of vegan rugelach skips over most of the tough steps of making these Hanukkah crescent desserts from scratch using ready to use puff pastry (many are vegan!), chocolate, fruit jam and a simple nut crumble to make bite-sized holiday treats. 

Vegan RugelachINGREDIENTS FOR EASY VEGAN RUGELACH:

FULL RECIPE DOWN BELOW

vegan rugelachKITCHEN EQUIPMENT I USED:

I want to share my twist to make easy vegan Rugelach that will take some of the pressure off this holiday season. In only 30 minutes, you can turn easily accessible ingredients into this holiday treat.

You can add any nuts or jams you have around the house and try out different flavour combinations to appeal to the taste buds of your household. 

Full Recipe Down Below!

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Easy Vegan Rugelach recipe with no cream cheese in 30 mins! An easy recipe for vegan rugelach that anyone can make at home.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegan
Serves: Approx. 48 cookies
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F & line 2 baking sheets with parchment or a baking mat.
  2. In a small pot over low-medium heat, heat jam & sugar together to make the liquid spreadable.
  3. Once your jam mixture becomes a syrup, set aside to cool.
  4. In the meantime, pulse in a food processor: chopped nuts of choice, dried fruit of choice, chocolate chips, and cinnamon until combined into chunks.
  5. On a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin, roll one of your puff pastry until it's about ⅛ inch thick (in a circle or square shape).
  6. With a spatula, spread half of the jam mixture evenly over the pastry and sprinkle half of the nut mixture on top (use the other halfs if you have another puff pastry). Evely spread and press down on the nut mixture (this ensures that when you roll the douch, the crumble styas put instead of fall all over the place).
  7. Using a sharp knife or a pizza cutting wheel (my prefered tool), cut the dough as though you are slicing a cake or pizza.
  8. Starting at the longer end, roll up each triangle ensuring they are quite tight.
  9. Place them on the lined baking sheets seam side down. Repeat with the second puff pastry sheet.
  10. For the vegan egg wash, whisk aquafaba and oil (you can increase or decrease amounts of each as long as it's 50/50 ratio) in a small bowl and brush onto each rugelach.
  11. Top each rugelach with a touch of coarse sugar.
  12. For best results, chill the rugelach in the fridge for 30 mins before baking. Or proceed with baking.
  13. Bake rolls for 15 to 20 mins, until golden brown.
  14. Transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool.
  15. Serve with tea or with other Hanukkah desserts.
Notes
Rugelach should be stored at room temperature for up to 3 days. To freeze: Place them in an airtight container and freeze for up to 2 months.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 cookie Calories: 94 Fat: 5.3g Carbohydrates: 10.8g Sugar: 5.3g Protein: 1g

Hey I’m Candice aka The Edgy Veg – I veganize popular food recipes for vegans, plant-based diets, eco-conscious eaters & people who are trying to eat more plants over… y’know animals or their by-products. I hope you enjoy this tasty vegan recipe!


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  • I make my rugelach filling with Moroccan dates, dried cherries, coconut, raw almonds, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a dash of Moroccan honey, and tofutti cream cheese.

    And for the pastry I use a
    Vegan puff pastry.

  • While I’m sure these are delicious, they don’t really resemble rugelach. For example, they don’t use puff pastry, the dough is more bread-like. (Cream cheese is totally unnecessary). And mixing jam and dried fruit into the chocolate, also not common for rugelach. Marzipan bakery is a famous example of rugelach makers.

    • I totally understand! I tried to make it as beginner friendly as possible! I will do more research next time!

  • Sherri Beausoleil says:

    I made these this past Sunday with my 2 year old grandson and with time constraints, neither of us managed to master the beautiful look but no one cared because they tasted amazing!!

  • So I am alone for Hanukkah (thanks covid), and after making a batch of these I feel a bit better without my fam.
    They are soooooo easy and absolutely delish! Well done.

  • I’m going to make a mix of sweet and salty (maybe pesto in some and this recipe in others) and serve for Christmas Day brunch

  • Just had one fresh out of the oven… sooooo good

  • So good and easy!! Thank you!

  • These are so perfect. I love that they’re like little chocolate croissant pastries.. but with nuts!

  • I made these bigger and my kids loved that they were vegan chocolate croissants !

  • Made these last night! So good! I made them a bit bigger and still got like 30 Rugelachs!

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