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Elizabeth’s Break-the Fast Kugel (Milchig)

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 16 minutes
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Servings

8 Servings

Ingredients

  • 8 wide egg noodles
  • 1-2 orange zest freshly grated
  • 1 sour cream
  • 1 small curd cottage cheese You can use 1-2% fat or make it really rich and use 4%
  • 5 eggs
  • 1 dried cherries I often also add a cup of dried cranberries and/or golden raisins or all three
  • 1 peeled diced Granny Smith apple
  • 1/3 granulated sugar
  • 4 whole milk
  • 1/2 melted cooled butter (1 stick)
  • 1 graham cracker crumbs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish.
  • Spread uncooked noodles over bottom of prepared dish and sprinkle with apples, dried cherries/cranberries/raisins. Whisk eggs, sour cream, cottage cheese, butter and sugar in large bowl until smooth. Whisk in milk and pour mixture over noodles. Let kugel stand 5 minutes.
  • Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon sugar evenly over kugel. (You can easily omit the graham cracker crumbs and just sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and it'll be lovely.)
  • Bake kugel until set in center, about 1 hour. Cut kugel into squares.
  • Serve warm or at room temperature.