rug·e·lach or rug·a·lach  (rŭg'ə-ləKH)  n. A cookie of cream-cheese dough spread with filling, such as jam or nuts, and then rolled up. |
| rugelach | |
noun | |
| pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) [syn: rugulah] |