Chocolate Rugelach

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1

   Mix the flour with the yeast. Add the milk, sugar, eggs, and salt, and knead in a mixer with the dough hook on medium-low speed for 10 minutes.

2. 2

   When the dough starts to come together, add the soft butter gradually.

3. 3

   Oil the dough and let it rise for an hour, until doubled in volume.

4. 4

   For the filling: mix all the filling ingredients together.

5. 5

   Roll out half the dough on a floured surface into a rectangle 30 cm long and 20 cm wide. Spread a quarter of the filling over it and fold in thirds (letter fold).

6. 6

   Roll out into a rectangle half a centimeter thick. Cut into triangles with a 2 cm base and 5 cm sides, roll each up from the base, and let rise for 40 minutes.

7. 7

   Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes.

8. 8

   For the syrup: cook the water with the sugar until the sugar dissolves. Glaze the rugelach with the syrup.