Rugelach

Rugelach is a bite-sized sweet that evolved from Eastern European pastry-like cookies associated with Ashkenazi Jewish culinary traditions. As borders and power centers shifted, European Jews migrated settling throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Ashkenazi cuisine evolved united by culture, religion, dietary laws, and the Yiddish language. Rugelach in Yiddish means “little corners” or, in Slavic, “little horns.”