With just 6 ingredients, this easy vegan rugelach recipe is a classic holiday favorite.

All of your guests will be asking you for the recipe!

The super popular crescent shaped treats may look fancy, but they’re surprisingly so much easier to prepare than you might think.

Delicious flaky pastry crust is rolled around a sweet cinnamon filling then baked until the vegan rugelach are buttery and golden. It’s everything you could possibly wish for in a vegan holiday cookie recipe.

I like to make a double batch, because these babies go quickly.

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What is rugelach"

Pronounced ruhg-uh-luhkh, they are small pastries in the shape of crescents.

Rugelach are traditionally filled with ingredients such as cinnamon, walnuts, brown sugar, poppy seeds, apricot jam or other fruit preserves.
The dough is rolled out into a circle and sprinkled with filling ingredients before being cut into thin triangles and rolled up into a horn or croissant shape.

Origins of the cookie can be traced back to the Jewish communities of Poland, and they are also a popular recipe for Hanukkah.

As a child, I grew up knowing them as a Christmas cookie my Polish grandmother would bake for us every year. So rugelach will always remind me of her.

While some versions call for sour cream and eggs or yeast, my grandmother made her classic rugelach with cream cheese and butter.

After going vegan, I adapted her recip...