My Very First Kugel

A couple of posts away my lovely sister, Franny, posted her kugel recipe from Yom Kippur break-fast. This recipe is courtesy of the Food Network. I contemplated making my sister's recipe, since that would be a new recipe for ME to make, but then I couldn't really blog about it. So I found this recipe, which is extremely similar.

One of my book club friends had noodle kugel for the first time a couple months ago and absolutely loved it! So for this month's book club I said I would bring kugel, which I did last night.

Ingredients:
1/2 pounds (12 oz. bag) wide egg noodles
1/2 stick butter, melted
1 pound cottage cheese (I used low-fat)
2 cups sour cream (again reduced fat)
1/2 cup sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins

Directions:
Boil the noodles in salted water for about 4 minutes. Strain and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine noodles with the remaining ingredients and pour into a greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
Bake at 375 degrees F until custard is set and top is golden brown, about 30-45 minutes. I baked mine I think for about 38 minutes.

I actually made everything the day before and baked it the day of. Before I baked I sprinkled the top with some cinnamon and sugar. The end result? Success! For many people at book club it was their very first noodle kugel and they were all impressed. A bunch them were surprised it was a sweet dish, they had no idea.


As someone who has grown up with a lot of noodle kugel I would say this was good, not great. Maybe I should've baked it for longer or maybe it was just too traditional. You can't really go wrong with noodle kugel so I definitely enjoyed it, but next time maybe I'll stick with Franny's recipe.