High Holidays Kugel Recipes

GRANDMA RICKY'S NOODLE KUGEL

Steps:

• Boil the noodles in salted water until al dente. Drain and toss with butter. Let cool slightly.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and generously grease a 9 x 13-inch baking pan with butter.
• In a bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, cottage cheese, sugar, and cinnamon until well blended. Mix in the buttered noodles and raisins.
• Pour the noodle mixture into the prepared baking pan and let sit for 15 minutes. Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes or until set. Cut into square and serve warm or at room temperature.

HOLIDAY APRICOT KUGEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x12 inch baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add egg noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• In a large bowl, stir together the apricot preserves, eggs, butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt, and mix to thoroughly combine. Fold in the cottage cheese and noodles, and spoon the mixture into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center of the kugel is cooked and set, about 50 minutes. Remove the kugel and top with Cheddar cheese, return to the oven, and bake until the cheese is browned and bubbling, about 10 minutes. Let the kugel rest for 10 minutes before serving.

KUGEL MUFFINS

Steps:

• For the almond streusel topping: Stir together the flour, brown sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter and stir until incorporated. Stir in the almonds and squeeze the mixture together to form clumps. Set the streusel aside.
• For the kugel muffins: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the noodles in the boiling water until just al dente. Drain the noodles and run under cold water until cool.
• Meanwhile, stir together the flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small bowl.
• Add the cream cheese, brown sugar, heavy cream, sour cream, vanilla, whole eggs and yolks and orange zest and juice to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed, until smooth and combined. Add the flour mixture and beat on low speed until just combined. Add the noodles and stir until evenly coated. The batter will be soupy.
• Use a 1/4-cup measure to scoop the batter into the muffin cups, stirring and scooping from the bottom of the bowl to ensure even distribution of noodles among the cups; use fingers or tongs to distribute the noodles if need be. The cups should be nearly filled to the top. Crumble some of the streusel over each cup of batter.
• Bake, rotating the pans halfway through, until the muffins are set and the tops are golden brown, about 40 minutes. Cool the muffins in the pans until warm, about 15 minutes. Serve warm as a side dish or pop the cooled muffins into decorative tins for gifting.