09/09/2026
🍎 2-Ingredient Apple Pie Rugelach! 🍎
It doesn’t get easier than this… or more delicious 😋
Flaky, golden rugelach filled with sweet apple pie filling just TWO ingredients and perfect for Rosh Hashanah 🍎🍯
Because holiday baking does NOT need to be complicated 🙌🏻
Ps I linked the bakery boxes I use for my baked goods. It’s especially helpful when you want to bring dessert over on Shabbos or the holidays. Gives it that extra special touch ♡
FULL RECIPE BELOW:
🍎 2-Ingredient Apple Pie Rugelach! 🍎
Ingredients for Rugelach:
Malawach dough (found in frozen section of Kosher supermarket)
Apple pie filling from a can (or from scratch, recipe below)
1 egg (optional)
Cinnamon Glaze:
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon almond milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional: add 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon
Directions:
1. Defrost malawach dough slightly.
2. Cut lines across dough forming triangles. (like a pizza)
3. Place pieces of apple pie filling at the wider end of the dough of triangle, then roll dough inward, from outside rolling towards the center, forming rugelach.
4. Place rugelach on parchment lined baking sheet.
5. Whisk egg then brush over rugelach. (Optional, sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.)
6. Bake on 375′ for about 15 to 20 minutes or until dough is golden brown.
7. Allow to cool off before drizzling cinnamon glaze on top.
Optional: serve with coconut cinnamon whipped cream, recipe below.
Apple Pie Filling
Ingredients:
2 large apples (gala or granny smith)
1/4 brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
2 tablespoons flour
Juice of 1 lemon
Directions:
1. Combine sugar, cinnamon, allspice and flour in a bowl.
2. Peel and dice apples.
3. Combine diced apples with juice of lemon in a bowl.
4. Place sugar mixture over apples and combine well.
5. Puree apple mixture using a hand blender.
6. Using an ice cream scooper, spread apple mixture over malawach dough.
7. Cut lines across dough forming triangles. (like a pizza)
8. Roll slices from the outside largest section going inward, forming rugelach.
9. Place rugelach on parchment lined baking sheet.
10. Whisk egg then brush over rugelach. (Optional, sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.)
11. Bake on 375′ for about 15 to 20 minutes or until dough is golden brown.
12. Allow to cool off before drizzling cinnamon glaze on top.
Optional: Serve with coconut cinnamon whipped cream
Coconut Cinnamon Whipped Cream
Ingredients:
1 can of full fat coconut milk
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:
1. Refrigerate coconut milk overnight.
2. Open can and scoop out the solid coconut cream that forms on top. (Reserve the coconut water for a smoothie!) 3. Using a cold metal bowl and cold beaters (place both in freezer for about 10 minutes before making whipped coconut cream) beat the coconut cream until soft peaks form.
4. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and cinnamon and continue beating until combined.