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Sweet Lokshen Kugel
Learn to make traditional Yiddish dairy noodle pudding with cottage cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, sugar, and cinnamon. Kosher
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 347 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern
Ingredients
- 1 cup raisins (optional) - you may substitute other fruits like craisins, dried chopped apricots, or chopped drained pineapple
- 12 ounces wide egg noodles
- 6 large eggs
- 1 pound sour cream (2 cups)
- 8 ounces cottage cheese (1 cup)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened - OR farmer's cheese, crumbled (1 cup)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Cinnamon and sugar for dusting
- Nonstick cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Place a rack in the middle of your oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Cover the raisins with hot water and let them soak to plump while you prepare the other ingredients.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the noodles to the pot, bring back to a boil, and let them cook until tender (not overly soft), about 5 minutes. Drain and return the cooked noodles to the pot.
- In a food processor or blender, blend together the eggs, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, sugar, melted butter, and salt.
- Pour the egg mixture over the cooked noodles in the pot and stir until well combined.
- Drain the raisins. Stir them into the noodles.
- Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking oil. Pour the noodle mixture into the dish.
- Top the kugel by sprinkling generously with sugar and lightly with cinnamon. Alternatively, you can use your favorite kugel topping (streusel, crushed graham crackers, cornflakes, etc.).
- Bake the kugel for about 60 minutes, turning once halfway through cooking, till the center of the kugel is set and the tips of the noodles turn golden brown. Remove from the oven.
- Let the kugel rest for 15-20 minutes before slicing. Kugel can be served warm or cold.
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Notes
- You will also need: large pot, food processor or blender, 9x13 baking dish
Nutrition Information
Calories
347kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
39g
(13%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
9g
(45%)
Cholesterol
136mg
(45%)
Sodium
202mg
(8%)
Potassium
241mg
(7%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
630IU
(13%)
Vitamin C
0.8mg
(1%)
Calcium
83mg
(8%)
Iron
1.1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 15servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 347
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 347kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Cholesterol | 136mg | 45% |
| Sodium | 202mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 241mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 630IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 0.8mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 83mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1.1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.