A festive and impressive appearance of bread, it’s easy to make and soo cute!

Ingredients:

For the dough:

• 500g flour
• 1 egg
• 70g sugar
• 270ml cold milk
• 1 tbsp dry yeast
• 100g cold butter cubes
• 1 tsp salt

For the filling:

• 100g dark/milk chocolate
• 100g butter
• 50g cocoa
• 150g sugar
• 300g Nutella spread
• 100g ground almonds
• 3 tbsp almond butter

For the sugar water:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water

Instructions:

1. Mix all dough ingredients except the butter and salt in a mixer
2. When the dough comes together, gradually add the butter and salt
3. Knead for about 15 more minutes
4. Let rise until the dough doubles in size – or place in the refrigerator to rise overnight
5. Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave in 30-second pulses
6. Mix the remaining filling ingredients together
7. Once the dough has risen, roll it out into a rectangle and spread a thick layer of the filling onto it
8. Imagining that the dough is split into thirds, fold the outer thirds into the center and roll into a long rectangle
9. Cut into long, narrow triangles and roll from the wide side to the point, gently stretching the edge
10. Let it rise for 30 minutes outside, then bake at 300F until a beautiful colour is achieved
11. While baking, prepare the sugar water, then brush the finished rugelach with as much sugar water as you like according to your preferred level of sweetness