The love story behind how my husband and I met all had to do with rugelach. Here I was, enjoying being single, independent and just focusing on my corporate career. Then comes along this guy who could carry on an intelligent conversation and make me laugh. He wasn't that bad looking either. So far so good right? Through our talks, I learned he was a foodie (his family were caterers and had a restaurant overseas). At this point, I was totally digging him. However, the hook, line and sinker was when he said loves to bake... and his specialty was rugelach. Whaat?! Boy was I sold. I wasn't going to let this guy go without baking together in the kitchen! Ha. Then the truth comes out. But before I share that juicy part of the story, these Chocolate Raspberry Rugelach I made are dedicated to my husband. We'll be celebrating 5 years of marriage in a couple of weeks and I knew the perfect treat would be rugelach. With a sweet dough filled with bittersweet chocolate, toasted almonds and raspberry jam, these were made with love...
So, back to our love story. He says he loves to bake and his specialty is rugelach. I was floored and was anxious to bake together to see how his rugelach making skills. Well, needless to say, when we got in the kitchen, he confessed that he didn't really know how to make rugelach. Apparently, the truth was that when he was in high school, he worked part time at a small bakery and helped out as needed. One of his jobs was to help the bakers with the rugelach, their specialty item. At that point, I was already smitten by him so it didn't matter. Ever since then, rugelach became our little inside joke and what better time to finally make it from scratch?
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