Honey Rugelach
Prep
20 mins
Cook
25 mins
Servings
8
Difficulty
Easy
These honey rugelach are absolutely magical, and here's the best part: they come together in under an hour. The beauty of this recipe is that it's genuinely simple, even for a busy weeknight. Honey is the star ingredient here, adding natural sweetness while providing antimicrobial and antioxidant benefits that refined sugar just can't match. What I love most is how forgiving the dough is to work with. You'll have these gorgeous, swirled pastries cooling on your counter before you know it, and your kitchen will smell absolutely divine.
Ella x
Ingredients
- 250 gall-purpose flour
- 175 gcold unsalted butter
- 50 gconfectioner's sugar
- 100 ghoney
- 1 eggeggs
- 5 gsalt
- 5 gactive dry yeast
- 150 mlmilk
- 100 ggranulated sugar
- 50 gunsalted butter, melted
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350ºfF).
- 2
Combine flour, confectioner's sugar, yeast, and salt in a bowl. Whisk to combine.
- 3
Add honey and mix until a dough forms.
- 4
Gradually add milk and mix until a sticky dough forms.
- 5
Knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
- 6
Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces.
- 7
Roll out each piece into a thin sheet.
- 8
Sprinkle granulated sugar on top of each sheet.
- 9
Cut into strips and twist to form rugelach.
- 10
Brush tops with melted butter.
- 11
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
- 12
While baking, prepare the streusel topping.
- 13
Top rugelach with streusel topping before serving.
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