Cherry Kugel Recipes

CHERRY KUGEL

Steps:

• 1. Cook noodles till al dente and drain. Melt butter in a 10 x 12 inch glass baking dish in 350 degree oven till melted and pour off into noodles. Add the rest of the ingredients except pie filling. Mix well. Pour into baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with pie filling and bake another 30 minutes till hot and bubbly. Cut into wedges and serve either warm or room temperature.
• 2. Original recipe calls for just one can of cherry pie filling, but I like it with two cans.

KUGEL (APPLE-CHERRY SUPREME)

Steps:

• Peel& core the apples.
• Cut the apples into quarters& then slice them into 1/4" slices& set aside.
• Cook the noodles in the milk, cream, wine& a 1/2 cup of the sugar until very soft (about 20 minutes).
• In a bowl, mix the eggs, egg yolks, sour cream& the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar together.
• After the noodles are slightly cooled& not piping hot, mix the egg mixture into the noodles with the heat off.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In another bowl, whisk together the cornstarch, rum, vanilla& apple juice concentrate.
• In a sautè pan, melt the butter over high heat.
• When melted, reduce to medium heat.
• Add the brown sugar& then the apples.
• Arrange the apple slices so that they are not on top of each other& they are flat.
• Sautè for 1 minute& then add the rum& apple juice mixture.
• Cook until somewhat thickened& then stir in the cherries.
• In a 2 1/2 quart buttered (or sprayed with Pam) casserole, alternate the noodle mixture& the fruit mixture in 5 layers (3 noodle& 2 fruit) beginning& ending with noodle layers.
• Bake uncovered until the top begins to get brown, about 35 to 45 minutes.
• Serve topped with sour cream.

NOODLE KUGEL WITH CHERRIES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except noodles, cherries and cinnamon sugar until well blended. Add noodles and cherries; mix lightly.
• Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish; sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until lightly browned. Cool at least 10 minutes; cut into squares. Serve warm.

CHERRY APPLE MATZOH KUGEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
• Beat eggs until light and fluffy.
• Break up matzos into small pieces. Pour boiling water over and drain well.
• Add sugar to eggs; beat again.
• Add matzo; beat again.
• Add melted butter if making this dish for a meat meal use margarine; fold in apples.
• Bake 1 hour.
• Spread preserves on top; bake an additional 10 minutes longer.
• If preparing this dish in advance, freeze the bottom without the preserves. Reheat, then add the preserves on top.
• The original recipe states that the serving size is 24. My family likes this so much it makes about 10 servings so I double it and make it in two separate pans.

CHERRY GRANOLA KUGEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray.
• After cooking and draining egg noodles, put noodles back in cooking pot over low heat.
• Mix in 1/2 cup of butter and cream cheese until melted.
• Beat eggs and milk together and pour into noodle mixture.
• Add cinnamon, cherries and cherry preserves.
• Pour into 13 x 9 pan.
• Mix together granola, butter and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
• Sprinkle over noodles.
• Bake for 1 hour or until golden brown.