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    Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites

    Published by Melissa on November 10, 2019 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 31 Comments

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    My Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites are loaded with raspberries, white chocolate, coconut, and pecans. Rugelach is a buttery, flaky pastry made with a cream cheese dough and filled with sweet fillings. I’ve changed up the traditional crescent shape to a fun cup shape so you can load it up with extra fillings. 

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    Driscoll’s Berries sent me Dorie Greenspan’s fabulous new cookbook, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere,Image and challenged me to add a raspberry spin to Dorie’s rugelach recipe.

    What nationality is rugelach?

    Rugelach is a Jewish pastry often associated with Hanukkah. My non-Jewish family enjoys it any time of year, but especially at Christmas time.

    What does rugelach taste like?

    Rugelach is a crisp, flaky pastry filled with sweet and crunchy fillings. It’s small and easy to eat similar to a cookie.

    Traditionally, rugelach dough is rolled into a circle; sprinkled with sugar, spices, and nuts; cut into triangles and rolled up like crescent rolls.

    I decided it would be fun to create a cup instead, so you can load up the cups with even more luscious fillings. (For a traditionally shaped rugelach see my Orange Cranberry Rugelach.)  

    A collage showing How to Make Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites

    Making Rugelach Dough

    Rugleach dough is made with butter and cream cheese. Cut the butter and cream cheese into the flour to create a flaky crust.

    How To Cut In Butter

    Cutting butter into flour is easy, just use a pastry blender or two forks if you don’t have a pastry blender. You’re just breaking the butter into small pea pieces and combining it with the flour.

    High heat explodes the pea-sized pieces of butter. The explosions create steam which gives your pastry flaky layers. If your oven isn’t hot enough or your butter isn’t cut into the pastry, the fat just softens and melts—no explosion, no steam, no flaky crust.

    If you prefer, you can also grate the butter instead of using a pastry blender.

    Shaping Rugelach Dough

    To make the cups, roll the chilled dough into a rectangle, then cut the rectangle into squares. You’ll need to roll each square just a little bit bigger, then fit each square into a mini muffin cup by pleating the sides. You could roll the rectangle bigger, but the dough is easier to handle if the dough isn’t rolled out as thinly.

    Rugelach in mini tin filled with raspberries, white chocolate and nuts.

    After you’ve created the cups, loaded them up with white chocolate chips, coconut, raspberries, and chopped pecans in that order. The fresh, juicy raspberries are wonderful paired with the buttery, flaky crust, sweet coconut, creamy white chocolate, and crunchy pecans.

    Can you freeze rugelach?

    Yes, you can freeze rugelach. Freeze baked rugelach in Ziploc freezer bags for up to 2 months.

    Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites Recipe from Barbara Bakes
    These Rugelach Bites have become a popular recipe, so I’ve updated the post with a video showing just how easy they are to make.

    Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites are a perfect addition to any holiday party. Whenever I take them to parties, they’re a big hit. I hope you’ll give this easy-to-make version a try.

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    Raspberry White Chocolate Rugelach Bites

    Cook Time15 mins
    Total Time15 mins
    Course: Dessert
    Keyword: baking, food, fruit
    Servings: 24 bites
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Equipment

    • OXO Good Grips Stainless Steel Bladed Dough Blender and Cutter
    • OXO Good Grips Silicone Pastry Mat,Tan,One Size
    • Wilton Perfect Results Premium Non-Stick Mini Muffin and Cupcake Pan, 24-Cup

    Ingredients

    • 4 ounces cold cream cheese
    • 8 tablespoons 1 stick cold unsalted butter
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
    • 1 package 6 ounce Driscoll's Raspberries
    • ½ cup white chocolate chips
    • ¼ cup sweetened shredded coconut
    • ¼ cup pecans toasted and chopped
    • powdered sugar optional

    Instructions

    • Let the cream cheese and butter rest on the counter for 10 minutes — you want them to be slightly softened but still cool.
    • In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt, cut butter and cream cheese into flour with a pastry blender or two knives until crumbly.
    • Shape into a square, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to 1 day.
    • Preheat oven to 375°. Spray a 24 cup miniature muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
    • Working on a lightly floured surface, flour the top of the dough and roll it into a 12-inch x 8-inch rectangle. Cut in to 24 2-inch squares–6 rows by 4 rows. Roll each piece a little bit bigger, about 2.5 inches. Place each square in a muffin cup. (You will have to pleat it a little bit to get it to fit.)
    • Divide the white chocolate chips and coconut between the cups. Add two or three raspberries to each cup and sprinkle with the pecans.
    • Bake for 15 minutes until the bites are golden brown. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely before serving. Sprinkle with powdered sugar right before serving if desired.

    Notes

    Wash your raspberries and set them on paper towels to dry completely before baking.
    Disclosure: Driscoll’s Berries sent me Dorie’s Greenspan’s cookbook, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere, and coupons for ingredients, but all opinions expressed are always my own. 

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    1. Lizzy

      April 23, 2020 at 6:43 am

      Hi
      These look absolutely delicious but I am still a young baker and I don’t have a lot of experience. Would you mind telling me some very easy recipes of yours. : )
      Thanks
      Lizzy

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      • Barbara Schieving

        April 23, 2020 at 8:18 am

        Thanks Lizzy – these aren’t difficult to make, but if you’re looking for something even easier, perhaps you’d like to start with something like these https://www.barbarabakes.com/shortcut-turtle-brownies/ or this easy fruit dessert https://www.barbarabakes.com/strawberry-cheesecake-in-a-jar/

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        • Lizzy

          April 23, 2020 at 8:59 am

          Thank you so much

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    2. Karen Edwards

      December 18, 2018 at 2:33 pm

      This was delicious! I made it today and it turned out beautifully!

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    3. Jamie

      December 09, 2014 at 10:30 am

      Well, I have had rugelach on my mind with Hanukkah approaching and I’m loving the addition of berries to yours. And the cool way you shaped it into cups! These make a fancy addition to a dessert buffet!

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    4. Kari@Loaves n Dishes

      December 08, 2014 at 7:55 am

      I often wish that I could eat more of the filling in rugelach this is so clever!

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    5. Megan {Country Cleaver}

      December 04, 2014 at 9:25 pm

      I’m totally in love with these undone rugelachs!! One of my favorite Xmas cookies!

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    6. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      December 03, 2014 at 2:06 am

      Mum these look WONDERFUL! I love raspberry and white chocolate as a combination-it is so nicely balanced! 😀 xxx

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    7. Amanda

      December 02, 2014 at 9:30 pm

      These are amazing, the raspberries really make it special!!!

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