It works after waiting a couple of minutes! If it's too sticky, adding a bit of flour works.

So glad you liked them!

The butter, for sure! I would also try tofutti or another brick vegan cream cheese to replace the cream cheese!

I would love to make these for the holidays but I’m also dairy free. Do you know if I can use a dairy free substitute for the butter (like earth balance)?

Fingers crossed, this recipe looks insane!

I'd ship you some if they weren't fragile....

Thanks! Will try 🙂

I bet these would look much, much better if you made them 😉

Hello Milena! If you don't have a food processor or a high-speed blender, then you can cut the butter, flour and cream cheese together using a pastry cutter or two knives. It should resemble a coarse meal the size of peas, that will clump easily together into a ball.
Let me know if that's unclear, or if you have any additional questions!

You're so lucky to live near a Jewish bakery! Have you ever tried babka?? That's another favourite.
If you give these homemade ones a try, let me know how it goes!

Totally agree with you Baked goods help ease the pain. I have been there....

Chocolate was developed as a tool for religious ceremonies, something that helped people lose their senses in a trance to the gods... So I am not surprised it has such healing effects on the rest of us plebes 🙂

Thanks so much, Dorothy! Glad you liked them 🙂

Let me know if you give these a try - they just might save your life (and mind) 😉 They're not as elaborate as pain au chocolat, and the dough isn't as flakey... But the taste is honestly incredible, and they're MUCH simpler to make.

Hahah, the beauty of this recipe is that it's easily convertible based on your dietary restriction. I also make mine nut-free to make it easier on people!

They are indeed called rogalicki - an Eastern European Jewish delicacy that became an Israeli favourite (rugelach is a Yiddish word)! There you go 🙂