Lee Lee’s Baked Goods is dedicating an entire day to the sweet pastry rugelach.
There ’s formally a new food vacation to avail you celebrate a delectable dessert . From this year fore , April 29 will be known asNational Rugelach Dayin honor of the sweet pastry ruggelach .
Celebrations would n’t be potential without the efforts of Harlem’sLee Lee ’s Baked Goods . The bakery ’s owner , Alvin Lee Smalls — who ’s also known in the vicinity as Mr. Lee — has been baking rugelach for over 50 years , and decided to submit the postulation to the National Day Archives in March to help spread its popularity with a national food vacation . His petition was approved soon after , and the maiden escort even co-occur with Mr. Lee ’s 80th birthday .
To Mr. Lee , rugelach is more than a unproblematic sweet . It ’s a Jewish and Polish tradition that dates back C , and it ’s a culinary hoarded wealth that everyone should experience .
Courtesy of Lee Lee’s Baked Goods/Photo by Buck Ennis for Crain’s New York Business
" Rugelach is something that has always been near and dear to my heart , so I thought why not recognize and fete such a particular fiddling concoction with the whole world , " Mr. Lee said . " This 24-hour interval has been designated for everyone to observe and enjoy the delight of rugelach wherever you are ! "
Biting into a rugelach is an experience of grain and feel . Its laconic outer shell veil a buttery and flakey heart . twine pastry with flour , butter , ointment cheese , cinnamon , raisin , walnuts , spice , and either yield or chocolate admixture together to produce a effete taste that is voiceless to withstand .
On April 29 , to celebrate the first ever National Rugelach Day , Lee Lee ’s Baked Goods is throw off an all - day - long rugelach company open to both rugelach aficionados and singular roof of the mouth wishing to taste the delicious treat for the first time . Lee Lee ’s will give its door at 9:30 am , where it will be founder out a innocent rugelach to all the " ruggelach fledgeling " for the first 80 minutes of the twenty-four hours . During the academic session , the bakery will also partake particular and tip on how to bake it . If you ca n’t secure your spot on site , Lee Lee ’s will be offering destitute ruggelach to those who sign up online as well .
Photo by Cole Saladino for Thrillist
Since it will be a interior solemnization , Lee Lee ’s has launched a hashtag to boost the baking and feeding of the yummy pastry everywhere around the US . All chef , bakers , and pastry lovers across the commonwealth are promote to use the hashtag # NationalRugelachDay to share all their knowledge about the famous sweet , from history and class story to favorite bakeries and must - strain formula .
Lee Lee ’s Baked Goods is located at 283 West 118th Street , and is open seven days a workweek from 11 am–7 post-mortem examination . Local and countrywide shipping is usable through the Lee Lee ’s Baked Goodswebsite .
